Timo Lassy Band is a Finnish jazz quintet led by Helsinki-born saxophonist and composer Timo Lassy (b. 1974), who trained at the Sibelius Academy and the Amsterdam Conservatory. The band blends hard-swinging jazz with soul, Latin and electronic influences, and has been called "one of Europe's sharpest bands" by The Sunday Times. Lassy has won both the Emma Award for Jazz Album of the Year and the Yrjö Award for Jazz Musician of the Year, and his work has drawn praise from Gilles Peterson and DownBeat magazine.
A documentary film about Timo Lassy, 'Kun saksofoni palaa / When the Saxophone Is Burning' (dir. Petri Luukkainen), is scheduled for special movie-plus-concert events at G Livelab Helsinki and G Livelab Tampere in October 2026.
The documentary 'Kun saksofoni palaa', directed by Petri Luukkainen and featuring Timo Lassy as its subject, premiered at the DocPoint film festival in Helsinki in February 2026.
Timo Lassy Trio undertook a European tour in May 2026, with dates in Berlin, Braunschweig, Rotterdam and Den Bosch.
Timo Lassy Trio released the live album 'Live in Helsinki' on We Jazz Records on 21 March 2025, recorded at G Livelab Helsinki in September 2023.
