
LATIN POP SINGER
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Jari Sillanpää
(born August 16, 1965, Ludvika, Sweden) is one of Finland's most popular singers.
He became famous after winning the Seinäjoki Tangomarkkinat tango contest in
1995, receiving full points from all judges.
Sillanpää's
first album, Jari Sillanpää, released in 1996, is the highest-selling record in
Finland with over 270,000 sold records. He has since represented Finland in
Romania's Golden Stag festival in 1997, where his song, "Remember Me", earned
him the special award for the best performance of a Romanian song.
In 1998,
Sillanpää was awarded the Male Soloist of the Year Emma award.
Sillanpää
represented Finland in Eurovision Song Contest 2004 and his song ”Takes 2 To
Tango” (which he wrote the lyrics for) received 51 points in the semi-final,
taking the 14th place and not qualifying for the final. Sillanpää will
participate in the Finnish National Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2009.
Source:http://en.wikipedia.org

JARI SILLANPAA - AL RITMO LATINO!
(2008)
Carlos D'l Puerto - Bass
Anssi Nykanen - drum
Pepe Espinosa - congas, percussion
Juha Lanu - guitar
Oldrich Gonzalez - Keyboard
Mikko Makinen - Keyboard
Yoel Terry - flute, saxophone
Harlem Curbelo - Trumpet
Hanna-Riikka Siitonen - vocal
Marika Tuhkala - vocal
Nina Tapio - vocal


review by
Gian Franco Grilli
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