Jazz Finland Live

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Having just won her fifth Grammy award for the newest album Beautiful Life, the dazzling vocalist Dianne Reeves arrives to give a concert at Helsinki's Finlandia House. Known as a versatile star not daunted by genre categories, Reeves unarguably belongs to the best contamporary jazz singers.

At Finlandia House, Reeves will be accompanied by her trusted crew guitarist Romero Lubambo, bassist Reginald Veal and drummer Terreon Gully.

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Jyväskylä Big Band feat. Jorma Kalevi Louhivuori (trumpet)
Tickets: 15/10 €
Pre-tickets available on tiketti.fi

Jyväskylä Big Band will be joined by virtuoso trumpeter Jorma Kalevi Louhivuori -- himself a Jyväskylä native -- at Siltasali on 11 October. The concert is conducted by Ilkka Mäkitalo and it features the soloist's original compositions, seasoned with his distinctive, captivating trumpetism.

Best-known from such top groups as Sun Trio, Big Blue and Ricky-Tick Big Band, Louhivuori is a strong presence not only in the Finnish jazz scene but also as a soul artist with his powerball of a group The Northern Governors. He has also been a major force in indie/folk/pop artist Yona's orchestra Liikkuvat Pilvet. Young but experienced, he has already collaborated with such giants as Sean Jones, Bob Mintzer and Dave Liebman and released five albums on the Italo-American label CAM Jazz.

Jyväskylä Big Band is an ambassador especially of new Finnish jazz and related genres. The orchestra educates musicians and performs actively in Finland and abroad. The band has collaborated actively with composers hailing from Central Finland since 1998 and helped quite quite a few young artists on their way to fame during its 30-year existence.

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