Jazz Finland Live
UMO feat. Jukka Eskola,Malmitalo, helsinki15.5. At 15:00
Trumpet player Jukka Eskola (b. 1978) has delighted the Finnish jazz scene with his music for over twenty years. Eskola has played dozens of times with UMO’s trumpet section, and last summer he stood up as the orchestra’s soloist for the first time at a few festival gigs.
In this series of three concerts in May, UMO presents compositions from Eskola’s exhaustive list of recordings in soul and bossa nova, including a couple of pieces from his album that comes out in spring 2019. The conductor of the concert, Mikko Hassinen, has made fresh big band arrangements of these compositions.
In addition to his own bands Jukka Eskola Soul Trio, Jukka Eskola Quintet and Jukka Eskola Orquestra Bossa, the busy trumpeter has played in the groups Five Corners Quintet andRicky-Tick Big Band. Eskola has six solo albums, about 200 album tracks, Pori Jazz Artist of the Year award, several Emma nominations, theatre productions and many teaching posts under his belt. Eskola also plays in orchestras of various television programs.
Concert duration approx. 1 hour, no intermission.
Gigs on the same day in helsinki
Gustav Lundgren Trio (SWE/FIN) RytmihäiriöklubillaRavintola Juttutupa, helsinki15.5. At 21:00
Verneri Pohjola Gong & StringsG Livelab, helsinki15.5. At 20:00
The award-winning trumpet great Verneri Pohjola returns to G Livelab. This time around he takes the stage with his longtime collaborator, percussionist Mika Kallio and a string ensemble consisting of some of the key players in the Finnish scene. Here they will perform arrangements of original compositions by Verneri's father, the late Pekka Pohjola, as well as compositions by Verneri himself.
Verneri Pohjola, trumpet
Mika Kallio, percussion
Siljamari Heikinheimo, violin
Kasmir Uusitupa, viola
Lotta Poijärvi, viola
Iida-Vilhelmiina Sinivalo, cello
Ville Herrala, bass
Tickets: 34€
