Jazz Finland Live
Alexi Tuomarila Quartet,Koko Jazz Club, helsinki12.11. At 19:00
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.
Gigs on the same day in helsinki
Il Mondo Di Karri with Valeria RinaldiGLO Hotel Art, helsinki12.11. At 19:00
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
Joonatan Rautio & Janne Maarala
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).
