Jazz Finland Live

The legendary Piirpauke celebrates its 40th anniversary at Etnosoi! festival The band's founder and frontman Sakari Kukko is also celebrating the 50th anniversary of his career this year. The anniversary concert at Sello Hall features both old hits and new production.

Sakari Kukko (wind instruments, keyboard, vocals)
Nicolas Rehn (guitar)
Ismaila Sane (percussions, vocals)
Eerik Siikasaari (bass)
Rami Eskelinen (drums)

Special guests: Jorma Kalevi Louhivuori (trumpet) & Sheila Surban (vocals)

Duration 2 h, no interval

Tickets from 25/20 €, Lippupiste

Cloakroom fee 2 €

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Rome-based jazz singer Valeria Rinaldi features pianist Karri Luhtala on a Finnish tour. The duo plays original material and jazz classics.

Valeria Rinaldi - vocals

Karri Luhtala - piano

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Fresh off a plane from Portugal, jazz saxophonist and Sibelius Academy MA Joonatan Rautio has been sparking audiences internationally for more than a decade with his signature tenor sound. This past winter, he played to a packed weekend in Storyville as the band leader for jazz singing sensation James Tormé. He will take the crowd at Rupla through a selection of lighthearted jazz and swing tunes backed by pianist Janne Maarala.

The venue will be the new, quickly growing cultural space Rupla, Helsinginkatu 16 (just across Fleminginkatu from Alepa). This hybrid indie boutique-art gallery-café has grown quite an audience since its opening in winter for its eye-catching art exhibitions, its décor of vintage furniture, its tasty Sunday brunch and a variety of live events including dance performances, children's programs and more recently morning yoga classes set to the music of Nick Cave.

The Kallio Kipinöi Culture Festival, my partners in the Helsinki Traditional Jazz Dance Society and I look forward to adding these two concerts to the launch year of this very unique venue. Dancing shoes welcome, there will be space to put them to good use.

Discount tickets (7 EUR) will be sold in advance with a message of reservation and bank transfer through the Helsinki Traditional Jazz Dance Society (messages can be addressed to Malin Grahn-Wilder via their Facebook page or helsinki.traditionaljazzdance@gmail.com). Entry at the door is available on the day of each concert for 10 EUR (cash or cards accepted).

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Alexi Tuomarila Quartet brings his dazzling quartet to Koko Jazz Club. Brimming with experience and vision, the group features ECM artist Markku Ounaskari on the drums, Joonas Tuuri on the bass and Manuel Dunkel on the sax.

Alexi Tuomarila is known for his nuanced pianism where imaginative textures meet influences snatched from McCoy.

Tickets 15 / 10 €

Doors 18:00.

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Ilmileikki Quartet, one of the best-loved of Finland’s contemporary jazz groups, possesses the rare talent of appealing to audiences across genre categories. Their anticipated fourth album, All Dead, will be out in early November and presents a good occasion for the group to hit the road on a Finnish tour.

Composed of some of the most charismatic younger-generation jazzers, Ilmiliekki’s concerts have been few and far between in recent years. For over a decade the group has been able to create exceptionally creative and expressive music, which springs from shared musical values – shared courage and openness – and a shared vision to work as one entity. This tight-knit, Teosto-awarded quartet moves irrespective of genre and geographical boundaries.

Ilmiliekki Quartet
Verneri Pohjola, trumpet
Tuomo Prättälä, piano
Antti Lötjönen, bass
Olavi Louhivuori, drums

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Vibraphonist Panu Savolainen has prepared a concert for jazz trio and orchestra to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Finnish master composer Toivo Kärki. Savolainen will be joined by guitarist Teemu Viinikainen and bass player Jori Huhtala. Jaakko Kuusisto Conducts The Kymi Sinfonietta.

Tickets: 19 / 14 / 8 €

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The jazz trio Buba Wii Aa plays a gig at Sara Hildén Art Museum during their first tour in Finland. The young group plays cinematic pieces which capture the urban beat and people who live to its rhythm. Tickets 8 / 6 / 4 €.

BUBA WII AA

Sami Nummela - rummut

Mikael Myrskog - koskettimet

Eero Seppä - kontrabasso

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Free Jazz from Sweden!

KVINTETTEN SOM SPRÄNGDES (Göteborg/Stockholm)

Niklas Persson - saxophones
Christoffer Alehed - trombone
Rasmus Borg - piano
Patric Thorman - double bass
Martin Öhman - drums

Bluegrass from Finland!

DADDY & THE DAWGS (Tampere)

Marko Niittymäki - banjos, mandolin, dobro, vocals
Panu Ukkonen - double bass, vocals
Konsta Eskelinen - violin
Antero Mentu - guitar

free admission, welcome

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