Jazz Finland Live

Panu Savolainen Toivo pay homage to the legendary Finnish composer Toivo Kärki! In honour of Kärki, the group releases an album, Music by Toivo Kärki, on 4 March, and give live performances around Finland. The recording - and the concert programme - consists of Kärki's beloved evergreens and a few previously unreleased songs. The recording features two vocalists, Yona and Ninni Poijärvi, of whom the former joins the group also at Lavaklubi.

Panu Savolainen, vibraphone
Teemu Viinikainen, guitar
Jori Huhtala, bass

+ Yona, vocals

Tickets 15/10 € at the Finnish National Theatre Box Office and at the door.

Next spring, the 15-year old Club For Five vocal ensemble and 40-year old UMO will be touring some of the largest concert venues in Finland. The collaboration gives a tour of tango with a difference: evergreens by Unto Mononen and Toivo Kärki in new, innovative and entertaining versions. A New Take On Tango is a tribute to two legendary Finnish songwriters and will present a new perspective on their music as a highly unconventional tango ensemble – a big band with a five-part vocal ensemble – combine Finnish tangos with anything from bebop to 1960’s Motown soul. The arrangements for 16-piece big band and vocal ensemble were written by Mikko Hassinen, Marzi Nyman and Pessi Levanto, among others. UMO’s 40th and Club For Five’s 15th anniversary year coincides also with the 100th anniversary of the birth of late Toivo Kärki.

Open event