Jazz Finland Live

New Nordic jazz and improvised music by the Finnish-Swedish-Danish EntraNet collective!

EntraNet Helsinki Festival @ Koko Jazz Club, Hämeentie 3, Helsinki

Thursday, January 23, showtime 9pm

Soundance (SWE)
Staffan Svensson – trumpet and electronics, Thomas Gustafson - saxophones and electronics, Chris Montgomery – drums

Cennet Jönsson Quartet (SWE)
Cennet Jönsson – saxophones, Krister Johnsson – guitar, Mattias Hjorth – double bass, Peter Nilsson – drums

Friday, January 24, showtime 9pm

Ulf Krokfors Quartet (FIN)
Sonny Heinilä – saxophone, Iro Haarla – piano, Mika Kallio - drums, Ulf Krokfors – double bass and compositions

Laura Toxværd (DEN)
alto saxophone

Simon Toldam Trio (DEN)
Simon Toldam – piano, Nils Davidsen – double bass, Knut Finsrud – drums

Open event

Fredator and his group have mastered the genre of danceable Latin jazz. After their debut album Bad Jazz in 2010, the orchestra shed its skin, gained some new members, and took a whole new direction before publishing their second album Rebirth of the Bad (Suomen Musiikki 2012).

Inside the lizard costume is drummer-pianist Jussi Fredriksson, who is active in numerous orchestras, has led the Korpo Sea Jazz festival, is the primus motor of the Flame Jazz club series in Turku and runs his own record label Fredriksson Music. He is also part of the Helsinki Jazz Underground Collective, which promotes jazz in Helsinki.

This tour exceptionally features a true living legend, Severi Pyysalo on the vibraphone instead of the band's original vibesman Panu Savolainen.

Fredator
Fredator - drums, comp.
Joakim Berghäll – saxophones
Jorma Kalevi Louhivuori – trumpet
Severi Pyysalo – vibraphone
Eero Tikkanen – bass
www.fredator.fi

Tour dates
22.1. Tampere, Telakka w/ Rakka, at 10.30pm (Rakka band at 21.00)
23.1. Jyväskylä, Poppari, at 9pm
24.1. Oulu, Tuba, at 7pm
25.1. Tornio, Musiikkitalo, at 6pm

29.1. Helsinki, JazzHUG, VinVin, at
30.1. Kuopio, Intro, at 8pm
31.1. Joensuu, Teatteriravintola, at 9pm
1.2. Flame Jazz Cruise

Open event

Friday Night Live at Monk:
KARI ANTILA " THE NORTH WIND" QUINTET record release tour
Doors 20:30, show 21:00, tickets 8/6 €
22:30 The Big Spectrum: Esko Routamaa, free entry

Open event