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Jazz Finland Live

Thursday 1.12.

helsinki

M.A. Numminen & Uusrahvaanomainen Jatsiorkesteri,G Livelab, helsinki1.12. At 19:00

M. A. Numminen is a legendary Finnish artists, whose merits in music, literature and performance arts are undeniable. His jazz quartet, Uusrahvaanomainen jatsiorkesteri, is a vehicle for bringing out the subtle humor of jazz music, which the ensemble does with enough swing and charisma to fill an arena, not to mention an intimate club space.

Open event

Jeff Denson Trio feat Lee Konitz (US),Koko Jazz Club, helsinki1.12. At 19:00

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Lee Konitz

More international stars to join the line-ups of Turku-based Flame Jazz concert series and Helsinki’s Koko Jazz Club! And we are not talking about any upstart but the legendary Lee Konitz – an 89-year-old veteran who has witnessed the history of jazz from the bebop era to today first hand. While Charlie Parker led the revolution of African-American music in the 1940s, Konitz took the language of jazz to a different direction. A close collaborator of pianist Lenny Tristano’s, Konitz introduced pioneering rhythmic and melodic innovations and was also a key name of the 1950s cool jazz. Indeed, Konitz also appears on the defining classic of cool jazz, Miles Davis’s Birth of the Cool.

Bassist Jeff Denson first started collaborating with Konitz in 2007 and today he also plays in the ranks of the veteran’s New Quartet. A Professor at California Jazz Conservatory, Denson has performed alongside a number of monumental names of jazz, including Joe Lovano and Dave Douglas. Finn Kari Ikonen will be joining the trio in both shows on the piano.

Lee Konitz – alto sax, vocals
Jeff Denson – bass, vocals
Kari Ikonen – piano
Ronen Itzik – drums

Tickets 33/28 €

Open event

oulu

Jazzliiton kiertueella/On FJF Tour: Alexi Tuomarila Trio,Teatteriravintola Vänmanni, oulu1.12. At 19:00

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Alexi Tuomarila Trio

Alexi Tuomarila Trio saw daylight in 2004 and their debut album Constellation was released on Norwegian Jazzaway Records the following year. The trio was touring intensely back then in Norway, Finland and the Benelux countries. Tuomarila's, among other trio members, career took a flight then and the cosmopolite band leader claimed reputation and awards in piano competitions in Monaco, Granada, Avignon and Brussels. The Observer magazine picked Tuomarila among six jazz musicians to keep an ear on in the future.

The release of their second album took eight years, due to musicians being extremely occupied with their other projects. Tuomarila and Louhivuori had their hands full in Tomasz Stanko's band and Eilertsen in Tord Gustavsen's trio. Also the musicians own projects like Louhivuori's acclaimed Oddarrang and Mats Eilertsen Quartet took time from the trio work. Still the artists met on stage from time to time in pairs or all together, and in 2012 it was time for a new rise of the "future stars". Alexi Tuomarila made a three-album contract with the British Edition Records, who also represent Oddarrang among other familiar names to us Finns. The first record of the triple-deal was Seven Hills that came out in 2013. On Seven Hills the trio sounds mre full and balanced than ever, and the album got positive reviews all over the press.

Now the trio returns to Finland to play new material in ten concerts. This is the best chance to sneak-peak some of the secret tracks that will probably find their way to their next album.