Jazz Finland Live

Hailed by DownBeat magazine for his “quick-witted harmonic reflexes, fluid command of line and cut-to-the-chase sense of narrative logic,” Aaron Goldberg has made his name as one of jazz’s most compelling pianists, both as a bandleader and frequent collaborator with the likes of Joshua Redman, Wynton Marsalis, Kurt Rosenwinkel & Guillermo Klein. Goldberg's most recent release, "At the Edge of the World" is a new trio project featuring Matt Pennman on bass and the dynamic Leon Parker on drums.

Aaron Goldberg, piano / Matt Pennmann, bass / Leon Parker, drums & perc

Tickets 42€

Jussi Lampela’s new piece Jazz Noir, premiered in early 2018, sweeps the listener to the dark alleys and mysterious scenes of the 1940s and 50s crime jazz and film noir. Inspired by fatal liaisons and hard-boiled classics, the composition is an audio-visual experience for big band, two soloists, sound tape and video projection.

In cinema, jazz has often used to portray human vice and crime. Indeed, Lampela’s project has countless models in the hall of fame of Hollywood’s score composers from Elmer Bernstein to Henry Mancini. In the concert at Savoy Theater, UMO will be fronted by A-listing Finnish stars saxophonist Jukka Perko and trumpeter Jukka Eskola. To complete this thriller, a video installation by video artist Joonas Tikkanen and audio tape excerpting some of the most important political speeches of the era will be playing throughout the concert in the background.

At the Open Rehearsal, conductor Jussi Lampela and UMO will play without guests soloists and the video installation.

Open event