Jazz Finland Live

Joonas Haavisto’s home concert features bass player Antti Lötjönen, band member of Joonas Haavisto Trio and many, many other bands.

Joonas Haavisto, p
Antti Lötjönen, b

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The concept for the Invitation Quintet aboard the Culture Tram is as follows: one musician invites another to join, who invites the next and so forth until you have a gathered a quintet! The full lineup of the band is a mystery both to the members and the audience. The mystery musicians board the tram one by one resulting in a unique and unpredictable experience. Buy your ticket beforehand, there will be no ticket sales when the tram departs and make sure to arrive early at the Vallila depot. Everything else will be improvised.

Invitation Quintet 
Secret lineup

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German and European jazz legend Gunter Hampel arriving at We Jazz is a great and important occasion. The group which focuses heavily on collective creation features Brazilian dancer Danilo Cardoso and the concert is bound to be a very comprehensive experience. This lineup also performs under the name Gunter Hampel Music + Dance Improvisation Company. The visit is carried out in cooperation with Goethe-Institut Finnland.

Pianist Aki Rissanen takes a turn into the world of electronic avantgarde music on his new concept album Sturm. The acoustic piano is ever present in the sound and mood of the album which is a fascinating combination of different worlds. The live concept will be carried out with visualisations that not only envelop the venue but extend outside as well.

The Genelec House loft jazz-evening will be host to the first ever We Jazz jam session. This is going to be interesting.

The We Jazz DJ collective consists of Eero Löyttyjärvi and Matti Nives with occasional visits by friends. Their record bag is filled with jazz sounds from the beginning of the genre to this day with a special focus on the raw sound of 60’s club jazz. Löyttyjärvi can be hard on Saturdays between 2 and 4 PM on Bassoradio’s programme Lauantaijazzit. Nives is one of the hosts of Jazz kiinnostaa, which can be heard every Sunday at noon on Radio Helsinki.

Gunter Hampel Quintet
Gunter Hampel, vbs, b-cl & fl
Cavana Lee Hampel, voc
Bernd Oezsevim, dr
Johannes Schleiermacher, t-sax
Danilo Cardoso, d a n c e

Aki Rissanen Sturm
Aki Rissanen, yamaha CP70 electric grand piano & electronics
Petri Ruikka, visuals

We Jazz Jam Session
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We Jazz DJs
Eero Löyttyjärvi
Matti Nives

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Beloved jazzy American Christmas songs from the 1930's to 1950's performed by Shirley Sparks, vocals and Aleksis Liukko, piano.

Performances:
Fri 11th of December at 6 pm
Sat 12th of Dec at 6 pm
Mon 14th of Dec at 6 pm
Wed 16th of Dec at 6 pm
Thu 17th of Dec at 6pm

Free entrance, welcome!

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Jyväskylä Big Band celebrate the 100th anniversary of Frank Sinatra by inviting the dazzling vocalist Osmo Ikonen to interpret the best-loved hits of Sinatra. The concert will be conducted by Ilkka Mäkitalo. Henriika Steidel-Luoto of JBB will share the limelight Ikonen on vocals.

We will be in for stylish swing and and cocktail feels as Sinatra's hits are performed in classic big band arrangements. For sure, thee programme will include such pieces as "Come Fly With Me", "Fly Me to The Moon", "I've got you under my skin", "My Way" and "New York New York".

Multitalented Osmo IIkonen is one of the most versatile Finnish artists. Hailing from Korpilahti, Ikonen released his newest EP this autumn. A vocalist and a producer, he has produced and written hit songs to some of the most popular Finnish pop artists.

In addition to his solo career and TV appearances, he plays the cello in the Emma-awarded jazz group Oddarrang, bass in the soul/funk supergroup the Northern Governors and tours the world as the keyboardist of pop/rock band Sunrise Avenue.

Tickets 15/10 €, pre-tickets available at Poppari

http://www.osmoikonen.com/
https://www.facebook.com/JyvaskylaBigBand
http://ravintolapoppari.fi/

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The by now traditional Christmas concert tour of UMO will this year be headlining leading Finnish artist Anna Puu. The Christmas tour will span two weeks in November and December, with concerts at Temppeliaukio Church in Helsinki and further afield in Vantaa, Porvoo, Hämeenlinna, Jyväskylä, Pori and Kotka.

The repertoire will feature some of the traditional and most beloved Christmas songs and also a few of Anna Puu’s own Christmas favourites will be heard. The arrangements have been written with church acoustics and atmosphere in mind.

UMO is conducted by Kirmo Lintinen.

Tickets starting from 32,50 € / 27,50 € / 17,50 €

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