Eero leading a jazz camp: See Kotka Jazz Camp.

Eero has written an article, African Heartbeats for the Point of Departure.

 Jazzpuu has rereleased Odysseus and For Children CDs.

Eero Koivistoinen has returned again to his funk/jazz roots with his new album X-Ray. The 1973 album WAHOO! by Eero Koivistoinen Music Society was rereleased in 2000 and it attained notable success with its UK distributor Whatmusic. With X-Ray, Eero Koivistoinen introduces Music Society updated to 2006.

X-Ray gets its inspiration from the sources of funk and jazz with strong connections to the modern day. Most compositions are new, but a couple of older tunes are also incorporated with new arrangements. Some songs on X-Ray have been moulded from samples of Eero's older albums. The new Music Society includes also vocals and rap, performed by Bina Nkwazi, Charles Salter, Hannu Leidén and Redrama. Jim Pembroke makes a contribution with his lyrics.

The recordings started with a six-man core group, but on the final product there are twelve musicians, four singers and a rap artist. X-Ray shows the skills of Koivistoinen as a musician, composer and arranger. The recordings were completed at Seawolf Studios with all the newest technology at hand.

The ensemble will be performing mainly with the six-man core group, but rap/vocal guests will be joining them occasionally.

The Eero KoivistoinenTrio (Eero Koivistoinen, saxes, Jussi Lehtonen, drums, and Georgios Kontrafourios, organ) toured Indonesia in November 2005. The trio gave concerts in Kuta (Bali Jazz Festival), Jakarta (the Erasmus Huis) and Bandung (The Preanger Hotel). Also, one concert was organised in the residence of the Finnish Ambassador.

The performances gathered enthusiastic audiences and drew the attention of the local media. The Koran Tempo ( Nov. 24) described the concert in the Erasmus Huis as "energetic". The Jakarta Post published an article and interview on Nov.26. The Trio also held workshops with local musicians in Bandung and in the Music Institute Daya in Jakarta.

On October 8 – 28, 2005, Eero Koivistoinen made his 13th trip on the African continent This time the destination was Cape Town in South Africa, and Maputo and Pemba in Mozambique. This is what Eero tells about the visit:

”In South Africa I visited the Music Department of the University of Cape Town and held a workshop there with a big band. I also gave a lecture on Finnish jazz. During my stay I had preliminary negotiations about the possibility of having a teacher and student exchange programme between the Sibelius Academy and the University of Cape Town.

The 150th tour of Finnish Jazz Federation

Music library opened in Mondlane University in Maputo, Mozambique.

Eero Koivistoinen and Joao Carlos Schwalbach were behind the original idea to found a public music library at the Music Department of Mondlane University. The project was funded by a development aid of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland.

The Embassy of Finland in Maputo, with Ritva Parviainen and the Ambassador Markku Kauppinen, were also partners in the process in Mozambique.

The inauguration was held 15.12 -03 and the library is open for the public from the beginning of January -04. Part of the project is educational, organising future workshops and documentation of disappearing folklore.