Jazz Finland Live

Thu 14.11. at 7pm
Koko Jazz Club, Hämeentie 3
Doors at 6pm 
Tickets on pre-sale at Tiketti, 22.50–20.50€ (incl. service fee) 
Organizer: Koko Jazz Club

Pianist Riitta Paakki’s most recent quartet brings together various styles and distictive sounds of four Finnish top musicians. Manuel Dunkel’s tenor sax compliments Paakki’s playing in the most sensitive way, and the heavy-hitting rhythm section of Kaisa Mäensivu’s bass and Joonas Riippa’s drums gives a solid cornerstone to Paakki’s hard-bop-influenced compositions. The quartet recorded its first album Live at Koko Jazz Club in January 2018, and it was released by Koko Records in August 2018.

The written music gives plenty of room for interaction between the musicians, and together the band members create an expressive and joyful experience that is best enjoyed live. Occasionally they throw in some rare gems of the 60’s hard-bop era, and play them with some kind of a time-and-space distorting magic. 

The band’s regular bassist and bandleader Riitta Paakki’s long-term collaborate Antti Lötjönen will step this one out to go on paternity leave, but his replacement, New York -based bassist Kaisa Mäensivu does not pale in comparison. 

Riitta Paakki Quartet
Riitta Paakki – piano, Manuel Dunkel – tenor saxophone, Antti Lötjönen – bass, Joonas Riippa – drums

Tour Dates:
Tue 5.11. Seinäjoki, Hotelli Alma
Wed 6.11. Oulu, Vanha Paloasema Bar
Thu 7.11. Tornio, Musiikkitalo
Fri 8.11. Iisalmi, Koko Jazz Club, Raatihuone
Sat 9.11. Joensuu, Botania
Mon 11.11. Kotka, Ravintola Kairo
Wed 13.11. Kuopio, Ravintola Gusto RunIn
Thu 14.11. Helsinki, Koko Jazz Club
Fri 15.11. Porvoo Jazz Festival Club, Vanha 123
Sat 16.11. Turku, Flame Jazz Club, Main Library, Tieto-osasto, 2 krs: Record listening session and concert

The tour is produced by Jazz Finland.

Open event

Since his formidable emergence on the music scene in the late 90s, pianist Jason Moran has proven more than his brilliance as a performer and established himself as a risk-taker and innovator of new directions for jazz as a whole. In almost every category that matters Moran, and his group The Bandwagon have challenged the status quo, and earned the reputation as “the future of jazz”.

Jason Moran, piano / Tarus Mateen, bass / Nasheet Waits, drums

Tickets 49€

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Open event