Jazz Finland Live

UMO and Club For Five will step in the swinging shoes of big band legend Glenn Miller and vocal group The Modernaires. This nostalgic concert features such classics as Jukebox Saturday Night, Tuxedo Junction and Blues in the Night. The Modernaires performed intensively with the Glenn Miller Orchestra from the beginning of 40’s until the tragic disappearance of the conductor. The collaboration resulted in many hits and the first-ever gold record with over a million copies sold. Conductor Antti Rissanen.

Tickets available at Lippupiste from 33 € / 28 € / 18 € including service fee (Normal 30,50 €, pensioners 25,50 €, unemployed, students and children 15,50 € + service fee from 2,50 €).  Concert duration: 120 min, incl. intermission.

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The Finnish-Swiss-Icelandic trio Equally Stupid will go on a second Finnish tour this autumn to celebrate their debut album. The group will give five live shows around Finland, the third of which will be seen at Lavaklubi in Helsinki. Equally Stupid released their debut, entitled Exploding Head, in February this year, and the energetic live performances the trio gave in the wake of the release were much praised by critics. September’s tour is a continuation of that of February’s .

Equally Stupid is a vigorous and spirited jazz group, whose music can be characterised as melodic and rich in rhythmical layers. This group’s unapologetic, muscular groove holds the listener in its grip live and pulses strongly on the Eclipse Music –released debut album, as well. Despite their relatively short history as a band, each member’s career as an international jazz musician spans several years. Saxophone player Pauli Lyytinen is known from groups Elifantree, DEFEKT and Kauhukakara that lean on the Scandinavian strain of jazz music. The Helsinki-resident Icelander, Sigurdur Rögnvaldsson, melds traits of jazz and rock music in his guitar playing. His distinctive style is a strong presence in such Scandinavian groups as Uinuva, DEFEKT, Fuzz N' Us. Lyytinen and Röngvaldsson have collaborated frequently before the formation of Equally Stupid, for instance by playing together live for more than 150 times with groups DEFEKT and Laser. The third member, drummer David Meier, comes from Switzerland and has been gigging actively in recent years in the Continent with different projects and his own bands Hunter-Gatherer and Schnellertollermeier.

Pauli Lyytinen, sax

Sigurdur Rögnvaldsson, baritone guitar

David Maier, drums

Tickets: 15/10€.

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The group led by the vocalist Elena Mindru, Elena & The Rom Ensemble, will be publishing their debut recording "Evening In Romania" within the release concert held on Tuesday the 23rd of September in Lavaklubi, located in the basement of Finnish National Theatre nearby The Railway Square in the central Helsinki. The concert presents a setting of freshly written compositions from the album, heard for the first time in Finland. The songs are written mostly by Elena Mindru and arranged by pianist Tuomas J. Turunen. Lyrics of the songs are mostly in English and tell stories about fundamental things, such as the meaning of life, separation, love. The album includes also two jazz songs written by Romanian jazz composers.

Warmly welcome!

Additional concerts:

16.9. Tallinn, Philly Joe's Jazz Bar
18.9. Helsinki, YNJC Showcase event, Koko Jazz Club
25.9. Jyväskylä, Poppari

Lineup:

Elena Mindru, vocals / Sampo Hiukkanen, violin / Tuomas J. Turunen, piano / Eero Seppä, bass / Anssi Tirkkonen, drums

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