Jazz Finland Live

Sat. 16.2. at 19:00 Frim-Fram duo: Juki Välipakka, singer and guitar, Sirpa Suomalainen, saxophone Blues and New Orlean's music.

Frim-Fram Duo Frim-Fram plays a versatile and swinging blues with an engaging grip. Duo's set includes both stylish originals and rolling cover-classics. Two singers, a saxophone, a guitar, a stomp box and a harmonica guarantee that audience will enjoy and dance! "Let's Talk", a self-made album, was released in 2015 with Frim-Fram Quartet, and a new "Wake Up" album is released 9.2. 2019.

Art Jazz & Inna In Style Cultural Club, Sysimiehentie 39A, 00670 Helsinki
www.artjazz.fi

The tickets 15/10 €, can be booked in advance: tel. 040 519 48 19, artjazzhelsinki@gmail.com, Sysimiehentie 39 A and buy from the door 30 min. before the concert begins. 

Photo: Timo Happonen

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Suisto Jazz: Herd record release concert
Showtime 19:00 (doors at 18:00)
Tickets 15/10 € inc. service fee

Panu Savolainen, vibraphone
Mikko Pellinen, ukulele bass
Tuomas Timonen, drums

Photo: Otto Virtanen

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GOURMET on Jazz Finland Tour  

Gourmet, formed in 1997, released their fourth album En garde in April 2018. The album features compositions of the founding members Mikko Innanen and Esa Onttonen. The ensemble has held together over 15 years, and successfully avoided tight compartments since the beginning. Their music has references from cinematic tones, schlager, marching music and the traditions of Paris and New Orleans. Gourmet is par excellence a jazz ensemble that sees jazz more as an attitude than a music genre.  

En garde and the festival performances in France and Finland following the album, received an excellent reception from both the audience and the press. Helsingin Sanomat, the largest daily newspaper in Finland, gave full five stars for the album and classified Gourmet to “a class of its own”. A jazz portal, SuomiJazz.com, described Gourmet as “one of the most important institutions of Finnish rhythmic music” after their performance at the Raahen Rantajatsit festival in 2018.  

On Jazz Finland tour in February 2019, Gourmet performs old classics and pieces from the En garde album but also new, unheard compositions. 

Mikko Innanen – saxophone, Esa Onttonen – guitar, Ilmari Pohjola – trombone, Harri Kuusijärvi – accordion, Petri Keskitalo – tuba, Mika Kallio – drums 

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