Jazz Finland Live

The crowd-pleasing Ricky-Tick Big Band & Julkinen Sana makes a long-awaited comeback in October. The grand ensemble of jazz and hip hop celebrates their third album with the record release tour in the autumn.

Tickets from 39,50 + service fee from Lippupiste

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The crowd-pleasing Ricky-Tick Big Band & Julkinen Sana makes a long-awaited comeback in October. The grand ensemble of jazz and hip hop celebrates their third album with record release tour in the autumn.

Tickets from 39,50 + service fee from Lippupiste

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DDT Jazzband turns 60 years!

The anniversary concerts are held at the Aleksander Theatre  at 13th of October at 2pm and 7pm. The concerts feature favourites of the orchestra but also resent material. The soloist of the concerts are luminous Annimaria Rinne (voc),  Joonatan Rautio (ts) and Antti Sarpila (cl, ts).

DDT Jazzband is the most prominent jazz orchestra in Finland performing traditional jazz music. Its musical roots are from 1910's New Orleans to 1950's. The orchestra's versatile repertoire consists of music from genres such as Dixieland music, Chicago Jazz ja Swing and its strong paragons are Louis Armstrong, Dutch Swing College Band (the original one), Jelly Roll Morton,Eddie Condon and Duke Ellington among others.

Anniversary concert at 14.00, tickets 37,00-39,50 eur, inc. service fee 

Anniversary cocnert at 19.00, tickets 37,00-39,50 eur, inc.service kulut 

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An outgrowth of L.A. Express guitarist Robben Ford's band founded in 1977, the Yellowjackets came to full buzzing flight four years later with its debut eponymous jazz-funk album, a salient introduction to a new-styled electric fusion of jazz and R&B—a modern take on Weather Report, if you will—for the post Return to Forever/Headhunters decade. The band was an immediate and controversial hit at the time when the jazz pendulum was beginning to swing back in the acoustic direction.

After 33 years of playing together, for the first time in their band-history the Yellowjackets will record and perform with a singer. Grammy nominated Luciana Souza will not only be singing live, she also is the lead vocalist on their new album "Raising Our Voice" which will be released in September 2018. Yellowjackets will release their 25th original album in September 2018.

The album entitled "Raising Our Voice", featuring the vocals of the Brazilian singer Luciana Souza, takes the group into new unexplored territory. Luciana Souza's vocals add a depth to the acclaimed quartet's familiar type of Jazz and helps forge a new direction in sound for the future of the group.

Tickets 49 €

Russell Ferrante – keys
Bob Mintzer – sax
Dane Alderson – bass
William Kennedy – drums
Luciana Souza – vocals

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Vuokko Hovatta Kolmisin was formed in 2017 between vocalist Vuokko Hovatta, alto violinist Atte Kilpeläinen and vibraphonist Panu Savolainen.  The trio is set to release their debut album Pysykää sängyssä sunnuntaisin on Friday 21 September. The album consists of poet Riina Katajavuori’s text with new compositions made by Panu Savolainen and Atte Kilpeläinen. 

 With its acoustic and original sound Vuokko Hovatta Kolmisin combines in an interesting way three musicians from different backgrounds and Riina Katajavuori's colourful, nuanced and even humoristic texts.

Vuokko Hovatta, vocals
Atte Kilpeläinen, alto violin
Panu Savolainen, vibraphone

Showtime at 22, doors at 21:30

Tickets 18€

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