Jazz Finland Live

Club series Panurama kicks off its spring season!

Hosted by vibraphonist Panu Savolainen, the club series sees a number of changing guests take the stage with an emphasis on new music and special one-off projects. The first edition of 2017 has Savolainen's new trio, composed of drummer Ville Pynssi and bassist Jori Huhtala, join forces with the Finnish king of swing, sax player Timo Lassy. Lassy is surely best-known for his own group, the irrepressible Timo Lassy Band, who celebrate their 10th anniversary this year. 

This edition is bound to be a winner!

Timo Lassy, sax
Jori Huhtala, electric bass
Ville Pynssi, drums
Panu Savolainen, vibes & hosting

Tickets 12/8 € available at the Finnish National Theatre box office and at the door. Season tickets 30 €.

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American trumpeter Tim Hagans fronts a bunch of Finnish colleagues in this mid-wintry concert at Koko. Through his long-term position as the conductor of Swedish Norrbotten Big Band Hagans has been able to keep close tabs of the Scandinavian jazz scene. His recent shows with Ravi Coltrane have attracted attention around the world. 

At this concert, Hagans joins the electric and electrifying trio of bassist Timo Hirvonen, drummer Jussi Lehtonen and pianist Jukkis Uotila - an old friend and trusted partner in music. The programme consists of the members' original compositions. 

Tim Hagans, trumpet
Jukkis Uotila, piano
Timo Hirvonen, bass
Jussi Lehtonen, drums

Tickets 20 €: Ravintola Raatihuone
e-mail: ravintola@raatihuone.fi  
tel. +358 50 408 6009

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Having released their newest album, Hurmos, at the beginning of December, the instrumental trio will now hit the road on a Finnish tour!

Known as a trio, the band will temporarily grow into a six-piece art collective with visual artist Emma Luukkala, lighting designer JereSuontausta and sound engineer Mika Savolainen joining its ranks specifically for the tour.

Formed in 2011, Virta is a Helsinki-based instrumental trio whose unique sound is composed of elements drawn from the traditions of jazz, post-rock and electronic music. Their 2012 debut Tales from the Deep Waters (Tourist Information) sold out and garnered plenty of acclaim from both critics and fans of jazz. Their fresh sound and unusual instrumentation have attracted attention outside Finland as well; and, indeed, Virta were invited to perform at the prestigious Jazzahead! Festival, to be held at Bremen, Germany, in April 2017.

Antti Hevosmaa: trumpet, vocals, electronics
Heikki Selamo: guitar, vocals, electronics
Erik Fräki: drums, percussion, electronics

Live visuals: Emma Luukkala
Stage lighting: Jere Suontausta
Mixing: Mika Savolainen

Tickets only at the door 7 €
Doors: 21:00
Showtime: 23:00
Age limit: 18

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Turku-based saxophonist Jaakko Martikainen and his band MÖLy Trio will release their first album Floating in Nauvo and Other Stories in February 2017. Having been described as "archipelago-jazz", their music bounces from lively but controlled free passages to striking modern rhythms of today. The instrumentation, sax-drums-bass, will serve as a platform for free-flowing and meditative jazz with soul. This album launch gig can literally be called an underground happening, since the bar Three Beers is in the basement of the building. What could be more wonderful! Welcome!

Jaakko Martikainen, saxes & compositions 
Johan Ölander, drums
Pasi Lyysaari, bass

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