Jaakko Löytty
Jaakko Löytty is one of the most significant Finnish gospel musicians.
Löytty spent much of his youth, 12 years, in Namibia, where his parents, Seppo Löytty and Kirsti Löytty worked as missionaries with the Finnish Missionary Society. He went to the Swakopmund Finnish School. He himself has been a missionary with the FMS, to Senegal, where he developed church music and edited a hymnal in the local languages.
Löytty works for Herättäjä-Yhdistys, as a regional worker in Satakunta, Varsinais-Suomi and Tavastia. Since 2008, he has lived in Ylöjärvi, where he also lived as a teenager, after his family returned to Finland from Africa in 1968.
Löytty is married to author Kaija Pispa. His brothers Sakari Löytty and Mikko Löytty are also musicians. His youngest brother, Olli Löytty, is an academic.
Löytty's musical influences can be found from Americana, in the blues and country music, but also in reggae and in African music. He has composed two albums of music inspired by Senegalese music, Helsinki-Dakar and Norsunmaitoa.
Discography
Asioita, joista vaietaan Jeesuksen ystäviä- Etiopiasafari, single Kuule meitä Yhteys Toisen päivän iltana Laulu yhteisestä leivästä Hawash! Missä olenkaan Sinisen syvyys Lähtölaulut Jaakko Löytty elävänä Vielä mä toivon – matkamiehen iltarukous Helsinki – Dakar Nicolas Sarr & Jaakko Löytty Kuuntelen Norsunmaitoa Ristinkantajat – Pettuleipägospelia Omakuva Tiikerisusi Nälkämaan lauluja Arkivirsiä Asioita joista vaietaan
- ''Murhehuone''