Jazz Finland Live

Verneri Pohjola – solo trumpet
Kari Heinilä – conductor

UMO Jazz Orchestra is the most famous professional orchestra in Finland specialized in jazz and new rhythm-oriented music. The big band of 16 musicians plays about 80 concerts every year in Finland. UMO opens this year’s Jazz-Espa with one of the most acclaimed Finnish trumpeters, Verneri Pohjola.

UMO:

Trumpets:

Teemu Mattsson

Timo Paasonen

Mikko Pettinen

Tero Saarti

Saxophones:

Jouni Järvelä

Mikko Mäkinen

Teemu Salminen

Manuel Dunkel

Pertti Pepa Päivinen

Trombones:

Pekka Laukkanen

Mikko Mustonen

Jari Hongisto

Mikael Långbacka

Rhythm section:

Kirmo Lintinen, piano

Ville Huolman, bass

Markus Ketola, drums

Program:

Deism, comp. Pohjola, arr. Rich Shemaria

But This One Goes In Four, comp. Pohjola, arr. Shemaria

Transit People, comp. & arr.  Jarmo Savolainen

Sparring, comp. & arr. Jarmo Savolainen

Waltz, comp. & arr. Gil Evans

Variation on Misery, comp. & arr. Gil Evans

T.S. Garp, comp. & arr. Mikko Hassinen

American Express, comp. & arr. Bob Brookmeyer (orchestral number)

Open event