Role Musician Name Jaakko Loytty | Years active 1974–present Occupation(s) singer, songwriter Genres Gospel music | |
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Lenna leijani lenna jaakko l ytty song live looped by janne koskela
Jaakko Löytty (born 1955, Finland) is one of the most significant Finnish gospel musicians.
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- Lenna leijani lenna jaakko l ytty song live looped by janne koskela
- Ristinkantajat Live
- Discography
- Songs
- References

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 Häme. 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 (1991) and Norsunmaitoa (1995).

Ristinkantajat (Live)
Discography


Songs
Kahden maan kansalainenArkivirsiä · 2012
Pidä minusta kiinniPidä minusta kiinni: Hiljaisuuden lauluja · 1998
Helsinki-DakarHelsinki-Dakar · 1991