Jazz Finland Live

18:00 | Ebeli Show: Jarno Kukkola Quartet
19:00 | Varre Vartiainen: Music of Mike Stern

Varre Vartiainen: Music of Mike Stern

Varre Vartiainen: guitar
Joonatan Rautio: saxophone
Timo Hirvonen: bass
Jussi lehtonen: drums

Ebeli Show: Jarno Kukkola Quartet

Jarno Kukkola: piano
Toni Punkari: tenor saxophone
Esko Järnfors: electric bass
Miska Simanainen: drums

Sokos Hotel Tapiola Garden | Tapionaukio 3, 02100, Espoo
Tickets: from the door 10 € | In advance from Lippupiste 12,50 €

April Jazz Club is a brand new jazz club that takes place at the Sokos Hotel Tapiola Garden in Espoo, Tapiola. Evenings start at 18 with Ebeli Show and headliners represent top-notch jazz. Late night is dedicated to spontaneous jam sessions. Book a table in advance from the Grill it! restaurant if you fancy a nice dinner with friends while enjoying quality live music. The bar serves drinks and snacks all night long. Children are also very welcome since there is no age limit.

Concert organizer: Espoo Big Band Association.

Open event

The bowerball of a trio Katu Kaiku gives a free show at Digelius Record Shop, Helsinki's mecca of jazz.

Adele Sauros - tenor and soprano saxes
Mikael Saastamoinen - double bass
Erik Fräki - drums

Free entry!

Open event

Acclaimed guitarist spies and improvises on his new album. In 2013, he was nominated for "Best New Jazz Act" at the Danish Music Awards. Now, the acclaimed guitarist Alex Jønsson is back with a new album, Spy On Your Friends, which makes your hair stand on end.

Along with Jens Mikkel Madsen on double bass and Andreas Skamby on drums, Jønsson creates an intimate musical universe, which effortlessly sneaks up on the listener. With atmospheric compositions, free floating progressions and collective improvisations, they are off on a mission – together – listening out for scratches, rhythms and reactions that can lead them on to something bigger. Spy On Your Friends was released in spring 2015, and since then, the trio has toured Denmark as well as the Nordic and Baltic countries – making a deep impression on both audience and critics at home and abroad.

Alex Jønsson, guitar
Jens Mikkel Madsen, double bass
Andreas Skamby, drums

Free entry!

www.alexjonsson.dk 

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Elena & The Rom Ensemble is a quintet led by Romanian born jazz vocalist Elena Mindru. Founded in 2013 and established in a short period of time in the Finnish jazz scene, the group mainly performs compositions penned by their leader, Mindru, and arranged by their pianist Tuomas J. Turunen. Their distinctive style of jazz seasoned with ample references to traditional Romanian folk music, unusual instrumentation and Mindru's dazzling vocalism have proved a winning combination with the audience.

Elena Mindru – vocals
Sampo Hiukkanen – violin
Tuomas J. Turunen – piano
Eero Seppä – bass
Anssi Tirkkonen – drums

Artist meeting: 17:00

Showtime: 18:00

Tickets: 12/8 €

Open event

Il Mondo di Karri is a touring jazz concert series hosted and produced by Finnish pianist Karri Luhtala. Luhtala invites his international friends, most often from his home from home, Italy, to play with him. Bringing as many as twenty different acts and fifty musicians to Finland during the past few years has earned him -- deservedly -- the title of "ambassador of jazz".

Vasilis Xenopoulos - sax (Greece)
Karri Luhtala - hammond b3 (Finland)
Emiliano Caroselli - drums (Italy)

Free entry!

Open event

Anders Jormin (SE) – basso
Severi Pyysalo – vibrafoni
Markku Ounaskari – rummut

Open event