Jazz Finland Live

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28th APRIL JAZZ FESTIVAL ESPOO
Tickets: www.lippu.fi
Festival office: Kulttuuriaukio 2, 02100 Espoo

APRIL JAZZ ARENA 24/4
HERD & Aili Ikonen at 19.00, Omer Avital Quintet at 21.00
Doors open at 18. (K18)
Tickets incl. delivery cost from 33,50€

TAPIOLA HALL 24/4
The Kenny Garrett Quintet at 19.00
Tickets incl. delivery cost from 33,50€

LOUHI HALL 24/4
Teddy’s WestCoasters at 20.00
Tickets incl. delivery cost from 22,50€

WEEGEE 24/4
Leffa goes Live!
Päiväperho (1967) & K-18 from 20.00 (K18)
Tickets from the festival office or at the door 15€. With a Leffa goes
Live! -ticket free entrance to the AJazz Club.

AJazz Clubs at WeeGee
Boom Shakalaka: DJ Svengali from 23.00
Tickets only at the door 6 €. (K18)
Wed–Thu before 23.00 15€, Saturday before 22.00 free entrance

CULTURAL CENTRE
From Wed to Sat: Live Jazz at Cafe Mezzo from 18:00 (Sat from 17.00)
Free entrance

AFTERPARTY
From Wed to Sat from 21.00 (K18)
Original Sokos Hotel Tapiola Garden
Free entrance

HERD & Aili Ikonen, Omer Avital Quintet, The Kenny
Garrett Quintet, Teddy’s WestCoasters, K-18, Boom Shakalaka: DJ Svengali

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Jarno Kukkonen, guitar

Teemu Åkerblom, bass

Lassi Kouvo, piano

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Jussi Lehtonen's ensemble:

Joakim Sohkanen, saxophone
Marek Konarski, saxophone
Mikael Myrskog, piano
Kaisa Mäensivu, bass
Toon Verheyen, drums

Sami Linna's ensemble:

Marek Konarski, saxophone
Tomi Nikku, trumpet
Arto Ikävalko, piano
Ville Luukkonen, drums
Joonas Tuuri, bass

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Tuomo, the number one name of Finnish soul, whose fourth album will be released in January, and UMO joined forces a year ago and played four concerts. Now they are back for more. Tuomo x UMO multiplies one world-beater with another and the result will be more than the sum of its parts. Tuomo’s soulful compositions will have a completely new look in the hands of a 17-piece big band. The concert will feature unique arrangements of new songs, old favorites and a few soul-classics chosen by Tuomo. The orchestra is conducted by Antti Rissanen.

Tuomo, whose full name is Tuomo Prättälä, is a Helsinki-based soul singer, jazz pianist, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist. He first came to the attention of the musical public in the early 2000s, performing with the award-winning jazz ensemble Ilmiliekki Quartet and the cool nu-soul ensemble Quintessence. Tuomo’s first solo album, My Thing (2007), was acclaimed by critics and went gold. His following albums, Reaches Out For You (2009) and My Own Private Sunday (2010), broadened his palette to beyond soul. Both reached the top 10 on the official Finnish recording sales list on their release. The New Mystique album, which will be released in January 2014, features a new kind of Tuomo. As a result of a four-year journey of exploration in music, he crosses genre borders and surprises with new, more electronic idiom.

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Tickets: 15/10€

Elena & The Rom Ensemble is a group led by the singer Elena Mindru, that invites the listener to an exotic musical journey. The foundation of the repertoire performed by the group is mainly based on Elena’s compositions. They combine inventively elements of traditional music from Romania and Finland into jazz. Elena Mindru is accompanied by an acoustic jazz quartet which also includes violin – a special and distinct flavor of their sound.

Elena Mindru – vocals
Sampo Hiukkanen – violin
Tuomas J. Turunen – piano
Eero Seppä – bass
Anssi Tirkkonen – rummut

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