West Coast Sextet is a new line-up formed by a collaboration between Rattis’ jam house band and jam session artists. The members of the band have ties to the west coast of Finland and the musicians come from Pori, Rauma and Turku.
Singer and trombonist “Jay” Kortehisto was a guest of the sextet at the Rattis jams in May, where this collaboration started. Kortehisto has released an album of his own, in which he performs his own Finnish-language jazz compositions. Kortehisto also sings jazz standards and groovy boogaloo. The band ranges from delicate atmospherics to hot jam sessions.