Jaak Sooäär’s (b. 1972) guitar ignites spontaneous improvisations, detonates dance beats, bursts noise envelopes and showers jazz- & rock-sharpnel. At the moment, he is one of the busiest musicians on the Estonian jazz scene. It seems that he has co-operated with everyone who has something to say in the jazz related music. Sooäär is also one of the very few Estonian jazzmen who often performs abroad. He has played with Daniel Erdmann, Pierre Dørge, Han Bennink, Raoul Björkenheim, Achille Succi, Sture Ericsson and Arkadi Gotesman. Read more on