Jazz Finland Live

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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