Jazz Finland Live
WE JAZZ 2014 PREVIEW #2: Nivesknits Fall/Winter 14-15,Ääniwalli, helsinki13.11. At 18:30
This November night of fashion launches a knitwear collection designed by the artistic
director and We Jazz mastermind, MATTI NIVES. The NIVESKNITS fall/winter
collection is graphic design in knitwear form and the garments also serve as the
visual backdrop of the December event. Saxophone player TIMO LASSY has
assembled an aptly named FASHION QUARTET for the occasion, featuring
GEORGIOS KONTRAFOURIS on wurlizer-piano, TEEMU ÅKERBLOM on bass and
JASKA LUKKARINEN on drums.
Gigs on the same day in helsinki
Kansi Auki: Jussi Lampela luennoi pianokonsertoista jazzissaTeatterisali, Musiikkiteatteri Kapsäkki, Hämeentie 68, helsinki13.11. At 18:00
Composer Jussi Lampela talks about the piano concerto in jazz.
Free entry!
Kansi Auki: Sid Hille Contemporary Collective, Jussi Lampela Nonet feat. Iiro RantalaTeatterisali, Musiikkiteatteri Kapsäkki, Hämeentie 68, helsinki13.11. At 19:00
Sid Hille Contemporary Collective
Jussi Lampela Nonet (www)
Kansi Auki Piano Jazz Festival opens with two premieres. On stage Sid Hille Contemporary Collective and Jussi Lampela Nonet.
The Contemporary Collective's intention is to create a bridge, a connection between jazz and contemporary classical music. The concerts are improvised to a very large extent. And what a thrill it is! Four such unique voices! In a similar way that Beethoven described the string quartet as four cultivated people having a conversation, this is a conversation of four experienced improvisers, four different instruments plus the use of electronics, two players coming from a jazz point of view and two from a contemporary classical one.
Sid Hille Contemporary Collective:
Sid Hille – piano & electronica
Teemu Viinikainen – guitar
Heikki Nikula – bass clarinet
Markus Hohti – cello & electronica
Jussi Lampela's new work "Yllättäviä kohtaamisia" (Surprising Encounters) is a piano concerto, composed for specifically for Iiro Rantala to perform. Jussi Lampela is one of the driving forces of today's Finnish jazz with a very contemporary outlook. He is a composer, arranger and leader of several groups, and worked long hours to increase the presence of Finnish jazz in clubs and concert halls.
Jussi Lampela Nonet:
Mikko Pettinen – trumpet
Petri Puolitaival – baritone sax, flute
Antti Rissanen – trombone
Ari Jokelainen – alto sax
Miika Jämsä – tuba
Tero Toivonen – french horn
Ville Herrala – bass
Jussi Lehtonen – drums
Jussi Lampela – compositions/arrangements
Iiro Rantala - piano
Tickets at Kapsäkki: 30/25 €, Lippupiste starting from 32,50/27,50 € Festival pass 80/83,50 €
Kapsäkki box office: 09 260 0907, liput@kapsakki.fi
Admission to the day's Allotria concerts 10 € for ticket buyers.
