Jazz Finland Live

Nobuki Takamen, interpreter of modern New York jazz, is a top guitarist, whose music is both beautiful and enjoyable. His compositions brim with deep feeling and he plays with exceptional technical skill.

Tickets 15 €

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Sibis Alumni Big Band prforms bassist Michael Formanek's compositions with the star himself. 

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The Jyväskylä-based composer-guitarist celebrates his debut by hitting the road in late November. The tour will also see him present his newly-assembed, stellar group. 

Independent Finnish record label Eclipse Music issues guitarist-composer Tuomas Paukku's debut album on vinyl and digitally on 25 of November. The band performing Paukku's music on the record is a Finnish-Swedish group Tuomas Paukku Description, while the album-lauch tour, taking place on 24 November - 4 December, will see Paukku hit the road with his new Finnish group, Tuomas Paukku Scription. Having pianist Artturi Rönkä, bassist Janne Tuovinen and drummer Tomi Saikkonen join the leader-guitarist, Tuomas Paukku Scription takes up where the Swedes left off. The musicians stand in the frontline of a young and vital generation in Finnish jazz, interpreting Paukku's distinctive music with intense passion.

The roots of Paukku's music can be found in the modern European jazz impressionism, but not without seeking new landscapes and dimensions by bending the borders of different musical genres without hesitation. "I wanted a new and Finnish group. Here it is", the leader summarises. On the tour, new compositions will be heard alongside with the material of the album.

Tuomas Paukku, guitar
Artturi Rönkä, piano and rhodes
Janne Tuovinen (Vesa Ojaniemi on 3 and 4 Dec), double bass
Tomi Saikkonen, drums

Tickets 12/8 €

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Two-day mini-festival Validi Karkia Jazz Konvention brings two superb groups to perform new material from their newly-released albums to Pori on 24 and 25 November. A flagship of Nordic noir, Oddarrang, founded by drummer Olavi Louhivuori, released their fourth album Agartha on the British label Edition Records. Behind their inimitable, airy sound are the likes of cellist Osmo Ikonen and trombonist Ilmari Pohjola. Jazz guitarist Tuomas Paukku is an alumni of the Royal Music Academy of Stockholm and he now presents his new group along his debut album. The new quartet, Tuomas Paukku Scription, falls into the category of modern jazz impressionism and represents the vanguard of the rising generation of Finnish jazzers.

Olavi Louhivuori: drums, keys
Ilmari Pohjola: trombone, keys
Osmo Ikonen: cello, vocals
Lasse Sakara: guitar
Lasse Lindgren: bass, keys

Showtime 19.00, doors 18.30
Tickets 15€

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Santa's Hotel Tunturi at 20.00 DDT – Down Town Dixie Tigers
Traditional Dixieland jazz since 1958.

Santa's Hotel Tunturi at 21.30 Superstar Paula Koivuniemi and her band
A fixed star of Finnish popular music performs with a superb jazz group.

Tickets 28 €

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