Jazz Finland Live

BUBA WII AA celebrate their debut cassette release at the We Jazz club night as part of the Love & Anarchy film festival. We Jazz DJs turn your world upside down with great jazz vinyl.

Tickets 9 € at the door.

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Timo Lassy Band and actress Minttu Mustakallio are to collaborate on tuOKio concert tour, produced by the OK Study Centre, a nationwide institute of adult education. The tour combines music with social commentary, visiting a number of cities around Finland in the latter half of September.

Oskari Mänttäri, the man behind the tour, approached each of the parties represented in the Finnish Parliament with a challenge of sharing their thoughts on the topic of “quality of life”. Social Democratic Party, the Left Alliance and the Green Party responded. The OK Study Centre threw the ball to its member organisations, too, for an everyman’s view of the same theme. What was emphasised in the responses was the significance of small decisions that make up every individual’s everyday life.

The music of the performance was commissioned from saxophonist Timo Lassy who shows yet a new side of himself as a composer: we are talking about a seamless union of words and music here. One of the hottest names of Finnish jazz, Lassy brought out his newest album last spring and has recently expanded to the sphere of film music, too. Naturally, his crew comes from the top of Finnish jazz. They are joined by actress Minttu Mustakallio who is known especially as a comedienne.

Timo Lassy - sax
Henri Mäntylä - keys
Antti Lötjönen - bass
Teppo Mäkynen - drums
Abdissa Assefa - percussion

Free tickets available at the door an hour prior to the show.

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Wade Mikkola - bass
Risto Takala - drums
Lassi Kouvo- piano

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Now at Koko Jazz Club for the first time, Slaaki Perkussio Festivaali (Slaaki Percussion Festival). The two-day event presents four intriguing artists: the pioneering Pierre Favre, vibraphonist Severi Pyysalo and groups Kallio Slaaki and Osuma Ensemble.

On Friday on stage Kallio Slaaki -- a trio of three drummers -- and the world-class vibraphone artist Severi Pyysalo.

Tickets 15 / 10 €

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Ilmavoimien soittokunta (Finnish Airforce Big Band) plays Gil Evans/Miles Davis in concert Sketches of Spain. Collaboration between Evans and Davis led to such milestones coming to being as Miles Ahead (1957), Porgy And Bess (1958) and Sketches Of Spain (1960).

Ilmavoimien big band is conducted by guest conductor Juuso Wallin.

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Juhani Aaltonen is unarguably one of the cornerstones of Finnish jazz with his lush and soulful tenor sax sound. “Junnu” will reach the honourable age of 80 this year; however, his instrument sings more movingly than ever before. On the Finnish tour, Aaltonen will be leading his quartet, composed of his bandmates from over the years. Drummer Reiska Laine is Aaltonen’s enduring partner in music and another grand old man of Finnish jazz. The bass is in the able hands of Ulf Krokfors, who is as much at home performing solo as with a big band, while Iro Haarla, who has earned her spurs in, for example, Edward Vesala’s Sound & Fury, occupies the pianist’s seat. The couple Krokfors/Haarla are also known for their excellent compositions.

Juhani Aaltonen Quartet has released one album, “Conclusions”, in 2010 on the label TUM Records. The title, indeed, is reflective of the maestro’s long career. However, room is left for the present too, represented by free improvisation, which the group embraces both live and on the recording. By the means of improvisation, meditation upon past is rendered relevant in the now.

Juhani Aaltonen – tenor saxophone and flute
Iro Haarla - piano
Ulf Krokfors – double bass
Reiska Laine – drums

Production: Oulu Music Festival

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Max Zenger – alto sax, flute
Ville Vannemaa – tenor sax
Teemu Åkerblom – bass
Mikko Arlin – drums

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