Sakari Kukko
- January 9, 2024
- Musician
Quick Facts
Sakari Kukko Biography
| Name | Sakari Kukko |
| Birthday | Jul 8 |
| Birth Year | 1953 |
| Place Of Birth | Kajaani |
| Home Town | Kainuu |
| Birth Country | Finland |
| Birth Sign | Leo |
Sakari Kukko is one of the most popular and richest Musician who was born on July 8, 1953 in Kajaani, Kainuu, Finland. Sakari Kukko, (full Name: Jyrki Sakari Kukko, born July 8, 1953, Kajaani, Finland) is a Finnish musician.
Sakari Kukko Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Musician |
| House | Living in own house. |
Sakari Kukko is one of the richest Musician from Finland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Sakari Kukko 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Kukko started his career in the early 1960s as a singer participating in several singing contests and performing in radio stations, TV programs and other venues. At the age of 7, He began taking piano lessons. Soon after that he started to play also guitar and flute, and later saxophone. In the mid- 1960s, He started forming bands. He constructed a school band, playing mainly rock and roll, but soon after that he formed a group of local dance bands. He embarked his career by playing with other musicians like Kajaani Big Band (1969–1972), Kisu & Uniset (1970–1971), Markku Suominen’s Monopol (1970–1971), Tapiola Big Band (1972–1974), Oulunkylä Big Band (1972–1974), Maarit & Afrikan Tähti (1972–1973), Kalevala (1972–1973), SIMO Big Band (pre-UMO)(1972–1973), Jukka Tolonen’s band (1973–1974), Heikki Sarmanto’s band (1979), Sensation Band of Addis Ababa (1976), Mahmoud Ahmed’s Ibex Band (1976), Etoile de Dakar (1979), Espoo Big Band (1990), Samuli Mikkonen & 7 henkeä (2003), Kingston Wall (1992–1994), Amorphis (1999–2001), Pori Jazz All Stars, Okay Temiz (several different bands 1992–2008) and so on. He founded the group Piirpauke in 1974. Apart from that, he performed with other artists like Aladji Faye, Tilahun Gessesse, Youssou Ndour, John McLaughlin, Pat Metheny, Bob Mose, Lester Bowie, David Schnitter, Polo Orti, Aster Aweke, Rainer Bruninghaus, Jakob Magnusson, Jon Eberson, Stefan Nilsson, Anders Kjellberg, Zakir Hussain, Ivo Papasoff, Ran Diallo, Ismaila Sané, Finn Siegler, Baluji Shrivastav, Charlie Mariano, Thad Jones, Gunter Christmann, Paquito d’Rivera, Ted Curson, Walter Bishop Jr., Herbie Hanckock’s Head Hunters, Marian Petrescu, Zoltan Lantos, Mihail Petrescu, Kornel Horvath, Borbely Mihaly, Wladislaw Jagiello, Wojeck Tschaikowsky, Hamid Drake, Bill Öhrström, Coste Apetrea, Bruno Råberg, Richie Cole, Raivo Tafenau, Hüsnü Şenlendirici, Ergun Senlenderici, Jimi Mbaye,Yamar Thiam, Orchestra Baobab, No. 1 de Dakar, Super Diamono de Dakar, Ethio Stars, Assane Thiam, Eric M’backe-N’doye, Alla Seck, Ali Birra, Mike Rose, Antonio Coronel, Pepe Roca, Alameda, Juan Carlos Romero, Niño Miguel, Husnu Senlenderici and numerous Finnish musicians.
Kukko represented YLE (Finnish broadcasting company) in the EBU Big Band in Sarajevo (1976) and participated in many radio and festival big bands which anticipated the UMO Big Band. In the early 1970s, Kukko worked as a studio- musician and performed as a freelancer with the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (RSO), and the Finnish National Opera. Kukko composed music for his own bands, EBB, Koiton Laulu and several films and theaters. Since 1974, Piirpauke has been Kukko’s main project. The band has given hundreds of concerts in almost 40 countries in countless festivals and other venues.
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Who is Sakari Kukko Dating?
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Facts & Trivia
Ray Ranked on the list of most popular Musician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Finland. Sakari Kukko celebrates birthday on July 8 of every year.