The KAMA Kollektiv's second album TOIVO is released by BERTHOLD records on _... 2021The line-up: Kirsi Harju (Finland) on trumpet and vocals, Jonathan Nagel (Germany) on bass, Jetse de Jong (Netherlands) on piano and Yoad Korach (Israel) on drums. Harju who - alongside Nagel - composed the songs, leads the quartet.Harju is an original and accomplished trumpeter and singer. She excels at both. "I didn't choose the trumpet, the trumpet chose me," she recalls. "I wanted to play everything else, particularly violin, but as a kid I made mistakes in the music school exam, I was so nervous." She was put into the wind department, given a pocket trumpet and soon found she could play beautiful melodies. She also sang. "My friends said I was too loud but I loved it. I was in choirs and vocal groups at school. Later I heard Chet Baker and realised I could combine the two."TOIVO (also the title of one of the tracks) is the Finnish word for hope
