Jazz Finland Live
Inside Jazz - taiteellinen luentokonserttisarja: Timo Hirvonen, sähköbasso,Koko Jazz Club, Hämeentie 3, helsinki2.11. At 14:00
Tulevat jazztohtorit kohtaavat yleisön! Luentokonsertissa avataan jazzmusiikin mystiikkaa ja perinnettä soittaen ja luennoiden. Ohjaavana opettajana professori Jukkis Uotila.
Tilaisuuteen on vapaa pääsy.
Yhteistyössä Sibelius-Akatemian jazzin aineryhmä, Sibelius-Akatemian Kehittämiskeskus ja Koko Jazz Club.
Lisätietoja:
Jenny Robson
jenny.robson@siba.fi
Gigs on the same day in helsinki
Nina Mya with Henri MäntyläKoko Jazz Club, helsinki2.11. At 21:00
Nina Mya, voc
Henri Mäntylä, piano
Ville Vannemaa, saxophone
Vesa Ojaniemi, bass
Mikko Arlin, drums
Nina Mya with Henri Mäntylä Quartet: Tribute to Carmen McRaeKoko Jazz Club, helsinki2.11. At 21:00
Henri Mäntylä Quartet
Nina Mya (b. Nina Höynälä 1989) is a Finnish jazz singer, composer and voice teacher. She studies at Sibelius Academy's Jazz Department and is currently studying as a exchange student at the Manhattan School Of Music.
In July 2012 Mya was awarded with the title of Artist Of The Year 2012 by Pori Jazz Festival where she has also performed several times. In August 2012 the band published their first record together and performed in various events around Finland.
Her biggest influences in vocal music are Carmen McRae, Ella Fitzgerald, Jon Hendricks and Aretha Franklin. Mya's strenghts as a singer is her unique sound and brilliant voice technique. She has a strikingly deep, dark and colourful voice, while her phrasing is sure and rhythmically precise. Improvising and performing comes naturally to her.
Henri Mäntylä Quartet is led byt the Finnish jazz pianist Henri Mäntylä (b. 1987) who studies at Sibelius Academy's Jazz Department. Quartet's musical base lies in the American jazz tradition. The member's of the band are young but experienced jazz musicians who are working widely in jazz scene both in Finland and abroad.
Tickets 15/10 €, booking from Koko Jazz Club, bookings@kokojazz.fi or 050 321 9919
