Jimi Tenor is a Finnish musician. His name is a combination of the first name of his youth idol Jimmy Osmond

Jimmy Osmond

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 and the tenor saxophone

Tenor saxophone

The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, are the two most common types of saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble...

. His band Jimi Tenor & His Shamans published its first album in 1988, Jimi's first solo album appeared in 1994. "Take Me Baby" became his first hit in 1994. He has released albums on Sähkö Recordings

Sähkö Recordings

Sähkö Recordings is a record label in Turku, Finland. Sähkö was founded by Tommi Grönlund in 1993. The label gained international acclaim by its minimalist electronic releases. Sähkö Recordings has also such sublabels as Puu, Keys of Life and Jazzpuu. On Sähkö and its sublabels have released...

, Warp Records

Warp Records

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 and Kitty-Yo

Kitty-Yo

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 labels.
Jimi has performed several times with the Avante Guarde big band Flat Earth Society.

In 2009 he contributed a cover of an Elektroids song to Warp20 (Recreated)

Warp20 (Recreated)

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compilation, as well as having his song "Paint the Stars" covered by Hudson Mohawke

Hudson Mohawke

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Jimi Tenor and his Shamans

• Total Capacity of 216,5 Litres, 1988
• Diktafon, 1989
• Mekanoid, 1990
• Fear of a Black Jesus, 1992

Solo

• Europa, 1995
• Sähkömies, 1994
• Intervision
  Intervision (album)
  -Track listing:# Outta Space# Downtown# Sugardaddy# Never Say It Aloud# Can't Stay With You Baby# Tesla# Caravan# Wiping Out# Shore Hotel# Nobody's Perfect# Atlantis...
  
  , 1997
• Venera EP, 1998
• Organism, 1999 (Warp/Sire Records
  Sire Records
  Sire Records is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group and distributed through Warner Bros. Records.-Beginnings:The label was founded in 1966 as Sire Productions by Seymour Stein and Richard Gottehrer, each investing ten thousand dollars into the new company. Its early releases as a...
  
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• Out Of Nowhere, 2000
• Cosmic Relief EP, 2001
• Utopian Dream, 2001
• Higher Planes, 2003
• Beyond The Stars, 2004
• Deutsche Grammophon ReComposed by Jimi Tenor, 2006
• Live in berlin, 2007

With Kabu Kabu

• Sunrise, 2006
• Joystone
  Joystone (album)
  Joystone is a studio album collaboration between Jimi Tenor and Kabu Kabu, a group of west-African musicians living in Berlin. Former Fela Kuti bandmate Nicholas Addo Nettey contributed vocals to track twelve.-References:* *...
  
  , 2007
• 4th Dimension, 2009

External links

• Official Site
• Jimi Tenor & His Shamans Fanpage
• Review of album "Joystone"