Jazz Finland Live

Jaakko Martikainen - sax
Lassi Kouvo - piano

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The Finnish Jazz Federation’s tour season for the autumn 2015 will reach its grand finale when one of the fathers of Finnish jazz takes his stellar quartet to eight Finnish cities at the turn of December. Saxophonist Eero Koivistoinen has hand-picked some of the most gifted players of their generation into his team: Alexi Tuomarila on the piano, Jori Huhtala on the bass and Jussi Lehtonen on the drums. Their newest release Hati Hati came out earlier this year on Svart Records and was preceded by a long-awaited reissue of Koivistoinen’s classic 1971 album The Original Sin. The tour will see the star-studded group play live in Nurmes, Oulu, Kuopio, Joensuu, Raahe, Lappeenranta, Turku and Tallinn.

Eero Koivistoinen - sax
Alexi Tuomarila - piano
Jori Huhtala - bass
Jussi Lehtonen - drums

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Trumpeter and the Flame Jazz Artist of the Year, Verneri Pohjola is joined by Tyrku Philharmonic Orchestra on two premieres of his own works A Late Thought and Filtered Image. After an interval we will hear Carl Nielsen's Symphony no 5 in honour of his 150th anniversary. 

The concert will be conducted by Atso Almila. In addition to Pohjola, the concert features cellist Iida-Vilhelmiina Laine and drummer Olavi Louhivuori as soloists.

Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
Atso Almila, conductor
Verneri Pohjola, trumpet
Iida-Vilhelmiina Laine, cello
Olavi Louhivuori, drums

Verneri Pohjola: Filtered Image
Verneri Pohjola: A Late Thought
Carl Nielsen: Symohony no 5 op. 50

Tickets 21/16/9€

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