Jazz Finland Live
We Jazz 2019: TIMO LASSY & TEPPO MÄKYNEN, TERKEL NØRGAARD WITH RALPH ALESSI (DK/US),Tiivistämö, helsinki8.12. At 19:30
We simply couldn’t be happier to have this We Jazz Records souble feature as the final concert of this year’s festival. Really! It would be impossible to be happier about it. Trust us. First of all, we get to welcome our pal, drummer Terkel Nørgaard from Copenhagen to present his fantastic music as heard on the album “With Ralph Alessi”. So it’s the fantastic Danish trio of Terkel We’ve been waiting for this one!
The closing performance comes courtesy of two lovely guys and out-of-this-world great musicians sax man Timo Lassy and drummer-producer Teppo Mäkynen in their new duo setting. It’s no surprise that these two are already making waves both here in Finland and outside of the country as well. Their recent Flow Festival performance was a celebrated success and the album is nothing short of pure genius. Live, they both show up and deliver. These guys are at the same time reliable and totally surprising.
TERKEL NØRGAARD WITH RALPH ALESSI (DK/US)
Terkel Nørgaard, drums / Ralph Alessi, trumpet / Søren Gemmer, piano / Jeppe Skovbakke, bass
TIMO LASSY & TEPPO MÄKYNEN
Timo Lassy, tenor sax / Teppo Mäkynen, drums
Gigs on the same day in helsinki
We Jazz 2019: Jazz kiinnostaa -brunssiKahvila Sävy, helsinki8.12. At 11:30
We Jazz and Radio Helsinki present “Jazz kiinnostaa” on a Sunday brunch setting. The popular weekly jazz show is hosted by We Jazz artistic director Matti Nives, drummer/producer Teppo Mäkynen and bassist Ville Herrala. The commentary will be in Finnish but the brunch and the music are served to you in the universal language of love and friendship. Please book ahead and arrive early, the live radio broadcast starts promptly at 12 o’clock.
This family friendly Sunday event features Katu Kaiku, a fantastic young group whose album “Luna” on Svart Records ranks among our current favourites. The band has a fantastically personal take on their music and the development of their sound. It’s hard to describe exactly, but they seem to apply some tools of pop-tinged songwriting into the idiom of jazz. The point is, they have some tunes.
KATU KAIKU
Adele Sauros, tenor & soprano saxes & flute & vocals / Mikael Saastamoinen, bass & FX / Erik Fräki, drums & FX & vocals
The Virtual and Digital Finnish Music Museum Fame in the Mall of Tripla, Pasila is open every day from 9am to 9pm. Enjoy lunch or dinner at Restaurant Fame. Christmas Lunch is available from 9th to 15th December, 2019 from 11am to 4pm. The new Music Museum offers a multisensory experience for all music lovers covering genres from three centuries, from symphonies to Finnish rap music to folk and heavy rock among many others, made possible by utilizing the newest technologies available. Fame pays a tribute to Finnish music and honors all music contributors
