Jazz Finland Live

"Tenors of Kalma" is a new group that combines jazz with electronic pop music.

Jimi Tenor and Kalle Kalima have made music together for about 10 years and now they are breaking ground in a trio format with Joonas Riippa on drums. The music is dark and jazzy but danceable and suddenly you hear a hounting ballad. Moments later it could be inspired by Sun Ra meeting Kraftwerk.

The debutalbum will be released by Enja Records in March 2015.

Jimi Tenor has never settled for the traditional role of a pop artist. He is
known as a musician whose work lies beyond current trends although he has
written great hits like "Take me Baby". He is at home in front of the crowd
gone wild, wearing a glittering self-designed costume and a flowing cape,
holding a noise-producing device the main components of which are walkman
made in Hong Kong and an East-German bicycle dynamo.

Kalle Kalima is the ambassador of Finnish Jazz and Avantgarde music in
Berlin. He mixes elements of jazz and rock in unique way. He has played a.o.
with Jazzanova, Jason Moran, Jim Black, Greg Cohen, Anthony Braxton, Tony
Allen, Leo Wadada Smith, Michael Wertmüller and Marc Ducret. Kalima is also
known as a leader of highly acclaimed ensembles of his own: Klima Kalima
(The Winner of the New German Jazz Prize 2008) and his solo performance
Pentasonic. He won the Finnish "Grammy" for the best Jazz album with the
group "K-18" in 2012.

Joonas Riippa is one of the most important drummers in Finland today working
with many renovated musicians like Mikko Innanen, Verneri Pohjola, Teemu
Viinikainen, Seppo Kantonen and Joonatan Rautio.

"virtuosic yet unacademic and free of labels. Kalimas relaxed but sharp
playing and the killing beats of Riippa serve the squaky sounds of the mad
professor perfectly well.”

(Sami Nissinen 11/2013, Soundi.fi)

Tickets 13/9 €
Tickets in advance from Lippupalvelu
Vuosali
Mosaiikkitori 2 , Helsinki

Doors open at 6.30 PM. Duration 110 min, including intermission.

jimitenor.com
kallekalima.com
tenorsofkalma.blogspot.fi

Open event

Pianist Karri Luhtala met Swedish saxophonist Magnus Dölerud at a jam session in New York last winter. The Finn and Swede decided to collaborate and bring in an Italian rhythm section with Valerio Vantaggio and Jacopo Ferrazza. Welcome to Kaisla to enjoy the music of a unique combo of three nationalities .
The concert is part of Il Mondo Di Karri series of jazz concerts.

Magnus Dölerud - tenor sax (SWE)
Karri Luhtala – piano (FIN)
Jacopo Ferrazza - double bass (ITA)
Valerio Vantaggio - drums (ITA)

Open event

The 34th annual Tampere Jazz Happening will take place from the 29th of October to the 1st of November, 2015, when the stages of Pakkahuone, Klubi, and Telakka will be filled to the brim with music from some of today's most captivating modern jazz musicians. The festival will feature altogether 26 ensembles, 18 of which are international.

Tullikamarin Pakkahuone 30/25 €

14:00 Paal Nilssen-Love Large Unit (NOR/FIN/SWE/DEN)
15:45 Mats Gustafsson Solo (SWE)
17:30 The Young Mothers (US/NOR)

Tullikamarin Pakkahuone 50/40 €

20:00 Papanosh & Roy Nathanson & Fidel Fourneyron: "Oh Yeah!" (FRAUSA)
21:45 Colin Stetson & Sarah Neufeld (USACAN)
23:30 Ginger Baker Jazz Confusion

Telakka 25/20 €

21:00 Jussi Fredriksson Trio
22:30 Skinny Jenny
00:00 Ilmiliekki Quartet

Klubi 15/10 €

1:00 Magnetic Ensemble

Open event