Jazz Finland Live
PERUTTU/CANCELLED April Jazz: Steve Coleman And Five Elements, Pope Puolitaival Nordic4,Cafe Louhi, espoo22.4. At 19:30
Steve Coleman and Five Elements
Steve Coleman and Five Elements
To call alto saxophonist and composer Steve Coleman ”influential” is an understatement: Awarded and acclaimed artist was one of the founders of the so-called M-Base movement, has led several groups, and has recorded extensively. His main group ‘Steve Coleman and Five Elements’ began in 1981 and is still active today – and now performing at April Jazz. Colemans music incorporates many elements from the folkloric music of the African Diaspora fused with musical ideas influenced by ancient metaphysical concepts.
For his ground-breaking work, Coleman has received many grants and prizes, such as MacArthur Fellowship and Guggenheim Fellowship awards. Last year the 67th Annual DownBeat International Critics Poll granted Coleman the fourth place in alto saxophone. The band includes acclaimed group of musicians: trumpetist Jonathan Finlayson, who was also named in the DownBeat Critics Poll as trumpetist and Rising Star Arranger, bassist Anthony Tidd and drummer Sean Rickman, as well as Grammy nominated hip hop artist Kokayi.
Steve Coleman, alto saxophone (US)
Kokayi, MC (US)
Jonathan Finlayson, trumpet (US)
Anthony Tidd, bass (UK)
Sean Rickman, drums (US)
Pope Puolitaival Nordic4
Pope Puolitaival Nordic4 performs a special gig at April Jazz festival, featuring renowned trumpetist Jukka Eskola. Pope Puolitaival Nordic4 plays melodic jazz music that speaks to a wider audience, without compromising the deepest essence of jazz. Catchy compositions and virtuosic improvisations are influenced by film music and modern urban world. Saxophonist and composer Puolitaival presents also new and electrified shades of Finnish jazz with electronically modified saxophone.
Puolitaival is known for his robust and expressive playing. He counts among Finland’s most sought-after jazz saxophonists: he leads his own group and plays in some of the most defining Finnish jazz groups of the 2010s. Pope Puolitaival Nordic4 released their debut album in September 2019, which is performed at April Jazz, together with some new material.
Pope Puolitaival, saxophone, electric sax
Jukka Eskola, trumpet
Jonatan Sarikoski, drums
Jori Huhtala, bass
Jussi Fredriksson, piano
Tickets 35€/29€, Lippu.fi
3h15min, incl. intermission
April Jazz festival will be arranged for the 34th time at Tapiola in Espoo 24–28 April 2019.
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Gigs on the same day in espoo
PERUTTU/CANCELLED April Jazz: Forq, Maja MannilaSellosali, espoo22.4. At 19:00
FORQ
FORQ
Forq is an instrumental quartet with a dynamic sound and a penchant for sonic exploration. The group is composed of world-class improvisers, but it is their unusually memorable, genre-blending songs that leave the most lasting impression. Originally founded by keyboardist Henry Hey (David Bowie, Empire of the Sun, Jeff “Tain” Watts) and bassist Michael League (Grammy-winning leader of Snarky Puppy), Forq is now joined by guitarist Chris McQueen (Snarky Puppy, Bokanté), drummer Jason “JT” Thomas (Roy Hargrove’s RH Factor, Marcus Miller, Snarky Puppy, Mark Lettieri Trio) and bassist Kevin Scott (Wayne Krantz, Jimmy Herring, Col. Bruce Hampton). They have toured across the US and Europe and performed at international festivals including the North Sea Jazz festival and GroundUP Festival in Miami Beach.
Chris McQueen, guitar (US)
Henry Hey, keys (US)
Kevin Scott, bass (US)
Jason ”JT” Thomas, drums (US)
Maja Mannila
Maja Mannila, vocals, keys
Johannes Granroth, bass
Severi Sorjonen, drums
Tickets from 35/29 € + delivery costs (from 1 €), Lippupiste
Duration approximately 3h, inlc. intermission.
April Jazz festival will be arranged for the 34th time at Tapiola in Espoo 24–28 April 2019.
www.apriljazz.fi
www.facebook.com/apriljazzfestival/
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PERUTTU/CANCELLED April Jazz: Dance Music SymphonyTapiolasali, espoo22.4. At 19:00
Tapiola Sinfonietta
In the beginning of the 20th century dance music was revolutionized by composers like Stravinsky and Debussy. Over the past twenty years, Electronic Dance Music (EDM) has influenced today’s music in the same radical way. Hundred years after The Rite of Spring, Hans Ek has created Dance Music Symphony as a tribute to one of the most important musical genres in our time. Dance Music Symphony is orchestral remixes of EDM-songs by artists like Skrillex, Daft Punk, Aphex Twin, Avicii and Swedish House Mafia.
Hans Ek, conductor, arrangements (SE)
VJ Vixen / Paula Lehtonen, visuals
Tapiola Sinfonietta
Duration 75min, no intermission.
April Jazz festival will be arranged for the 34th time at Tapiola in Espoo 24–28 April 2019.
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Day 1 of April Jazz Subgrooves festival, streaming at Keikalla.fi.
Two concerts and artists interviews (in english).
VERNERI POHJOLA & MIKA KALLIO: ANIMAL IMAGE
Animal Image is a soundtrack album to a poetic documentary directed by photographer and film maker Perttu Saksa, depicting the infinite relationship between man and animal. Edited to an improvised score by Finnish trumpetist Verneri Pohjola and percussionist Mika Kallio, the film illustrates the emotional bond between man and animal beyond the boundaries of written language or fictional storylines.
The document follows nature-photographer and writer Heikki Willamo’s journey to the landscape of the post ice-age northern wilderness to explore man’s ancient relationship to his prey and Willamo’s personal encounters with the inhabitants of the northern woods. Man, bear, sky and fire: the Finnish forest is a place like nowhere else, a place of dreams and the imagination, an ancient place where its denizens live in the shadows.
Verneri Pohjola, trumpet, electronics / Mika Kallio, drums, gongs
KADI VIJA KEY PROJECT
Kadi Vija Key Project is a fresh and innovative jazz group built around the outstanding Finnish-Estonian jazz singer Kadi Vija. She is known for her impeccable improvisation skills and instrument-like approach on singing. The unique instrumentation of voice, bass clarinet, guitar and drums create an intriguing rhythmic and melodic tapestries, that draw inspiration from instrumental jazz and film music, minimalism and abstraction. The ensemble strives for the sound that is soft but substantial, quiet but captivating, sound that stays on the listener’s mind but leaves it hungry for more. Key Project performs material from their soon-to-be released debut album.
Kadi Vija, vocals / Max Zenger, bass clarinet / Tuomo Dahlblom, guitar / Tuomas Timonen, drums
One night ticket 9,90€
Festival pass, including all four nights 29,90€
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