Jazz Finland Live

Olavi Trio is formed by double bass player Teppo Olavi Hauta-aho, trombonist Jari Olavi Hongisto and drummer Niilo Olavi Louhivuori. As you can infer, the group’s name derives from the shared second name, Olavi. Only Louhivuori, this year’s Pori Jazz Artist of the Year uses Olavi as his first name. In French ears “Olavi” comes close to “Oh la vie!”, which, indeed, describes the trio’s surprising material and their constant and open-minded exploration of untrodden musical paths. The debut Triologia came out in 2011 on the quality label TUM Records, and it is TUM that will continue as their label for the second release, due to be published later this autumn.

Olavi Trio
Olavi Louhivuori - drums
Teppo Olavi Hauta-aho – double bass
Jari Olavi Hongisto – trombone

Journal Intime, trio from la France, charmed Finnish audiences already in 2012 at Pori Jazz Ultra Music Nights concert. Now they return to Finland on the Vapaat äänet tour to give eleven gigs, with Olavi Trio joining the French colleagues at eight of them. Trumpeter Sylvain Bardiau, bass sax player Fred Gastard and Matthias Mahler love Jimi Hendrix, and breathe a new and different life into the guitar giant’s classic songs on their second album, Lips on Fire. We are talking about three top players of avant-garde jazz and free improvisation, but not without experience in funk, reggae, salsa and afro.

Journal Intime
Plays Jimi Hendrix “Lips on Fire”
Fred Gastard – bass saxophone
Matthias Mahler – trombone
Sylvain Bardiau – trumpet

Tickets: 15 / 10 / 6 (normal / member / student)