Jazz Finland Live
PERUTTU/CANCELLED April Jazz: Jamison Ross (US), Dalindèo,A Bloc, Fazer Food, espoo24.4. At 18:00
Jamison Ross
April Jazz festival presents new concert venue in the heart of Otaniemi campus, at the new Fazer Food & Co. A Bloc restaurant. Show & Dinner -package includes buffet dinner and two high quality performers.
Jamison Ross
One of the hottest young names in music, singer and drummer, Jamison’s music shimmers between jazz, R&B, soul, gospel and blues. Think of a mix of Donny Hathaway and Elvin Jones. One minute you’re enjoying his super-soulful voice, gospel inflections and infectious love of melody; the next you’re digging his grooving, swinging drumming with his band.
His 2015 debut release, Jamison, introduced the world to his concept of rhythm and melody and also garnered a GRAMMY® nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album. His sophomore release, All For One, takes listeners a level deeper into Jamison’s ethos. The album is a result of a personal revelation that “we all have the capacity to love with empathy in a deeper way.”
Jamison Ross, vocals, drums (US)
Chris Pattishall, piano (US)
Rick Lollar, guitar (US)
Barry Stephenson, bass (US)
Dalindèo
Dalindèos upcoming fifth album Dark Money speaks out about the chaotic state the world is in, with market economy defining our values and injustice taking over. Musically the new album follows the path of 1970s fusion jazz of Miles Davis, explosive live energy of Charles Mingus and psychedelic space jazz of Sun Ra. Dalindèo-leader Valtteri Pöyhönen is also known for leading the 20-piece ecclectic big-band-jazz-rap-collective Ricky-Tick Big Band & Julkinen Sana.
Valtteri Laurell Pöyhönen, compositions, guitar, synthesizer, wurlizer
Pope Puolitaival, tenor saxophone, flutes
Jose Mäenpää, trumpet
Pekka Lehti, bass
Jaska Lukkarinen, drums
Rasmus Pailos, percussion, electronic elements
Tickets from 125€, incl. buffet dinner, lippu.fi
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: Bob James & Till BrönnerTapiolasali, espoo24.4. At 19:00
Bob James & Till Brönner
Smooth jazz legend Bob James and Till Brönner, one of Europe’s most popular jazz musicians, are artists of different generations who speak the same language of melodic jazz. Not only will Bob James and Till Brönner perform in Espoo for the first time in their careers, but they will also come with a fresh program that they are currently preparing in a recording studio with the intention of releasing a new album. There is no doubt that it will be a very popular and successful premiere of the jazz world of 2020.
Bob James, piano (US)
Till Brönner, trumpet (DE)
(band line-up TBC)
Tickets from 42/37 € +delivery costs (from 1 €), Lippupiste
Duration approximately 90min, no intermission.
April Jazz festival will be arranged for the 34th time at Tapiola in Espoo 24–28 April 2019.
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PERUTTU/CANCELLED April Jazz: Marilyn Mazur's Shamania, Max Zenger GlobusCafe Louhi, espoo24.4. At 19:30
Marilyn Mazur's Shamania
Marilyn Mazur’s Shamania
Marilyn Mazur’s Shamania is a fascinating mix of jazz and world music, consisting of Danish percussionist-composer Marilyn Mazur and her collective of all-female musicians from Scandinavian avantgarde jazz scene. Mazur’s compositions are both impressionistic and abstract, with emphasis on wordless vocal harmonies, improvisation, and impressive line-up of percussions and wind instruments.
Mazur has a consistently intrepid career behind her in groundbreaking ensembles such as Primi Band, Six Winds and Marilyn Mazur Group, not to mention touring the world with Miles Davis, Gil Evans Orchestra, Wayne Shorter Quintet and Norwegian sax giant Jan Garbarek. Shamania is a remarkable gathering of recognized and awarded artists of the Nordic jazz scene.
Marilyn Mazur, percussion, compositions (DK)
Josefine Cronholm, vocals, percussion (SE)
Hildegunn Øiseth, trumpet, goat horn (NO)
Lotte Anker, saxophones (DK)
Lis Wessberg, trombone (DK)
Makiko Hirabayashi, piano, keyboards (JP)
Ida Gromsen, bass (DK)
Lisbeth Diers, congas, percussion (DK)
Max Zenger Globus
Music of Max Zenger Globus travels near and far to express the fleeting beauty of our world. A vital message Globus is telling with its music is the importance and uniqueness of our nature and environment. Helsinki-based band leader and saxophonist Max Zenger composes bold and lively jazz, with plenty of room for playful improvisation.
Five musicians of Globus represent the very best of the young generation of Finnish and Estonian jazz. In July 2018 Globus performed in Jazz in Marciac -festival in France, and won the first prize as best European ensemble of the European Broadcasting Union competition. Max Zenger Globus released their debut album in 2019.
Max Zenger, saxophone, compositions
Kasperi Sarikoski, trombone
Tuomo Uusitalo, keys
Heikko Remmel, bass (EE)
Anssi Tirkkonen, drums
Tickets from 35/29 € + delivery costs (from 1 €), lippu.fi.
Duration approximately 3h 15min, inlc. intermission.
April Jazz festival will be arranged for the 34th time at Tapiola in Espoo 24–28 April 2019.
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Day 3 of April Jazz Subgrooves festival, streaming at Keikalla.fi.
Two concerts and artists interviews (in english).
TATU RÖNKKÖ: MUSIC FOR PLASTIC BOTTLES
Music for plastic bottles is a solo project by percussionist and sound artist Tatu Rönkkö, featuring everyday objects such as empty plastic bottles, cans and bowls as instruments. The hypnotic music does not immediately awaken an association of that which is human-made and non-degradable materials but rather something welling up from the depths of nature and the eternal.
SUPERPOSITION
Superposition is the new creative quartet led by Helsinki-based drummer/composer Olavi Louhivuori. The band features some of the most ear-worthy musical talent in the buzzing Finnish scene in saxophonists Linda Fredriksson and Adele Sauros, plus bassist Mikael Saastamoinen. Superposition might be inspired by quantum physics but their music is a truest form of contemporary jazz, meaning that they're reaching for the next unknown at all times. At times venturing far "out", at times locking into a hard groove, Superposition never fails to surprise. This is raw, unfiltered original music, no physics course required. Superposition's debut album was released in March 2020. The group is expected to be one of the major new names to emerge from the Finnish scene this year.
Adele Sauros, tenor saxophone / Linda Fredriksson, alto and baritone saxophone / Mikael Saastamoinen, double bass / Olavi Louhivuori, drums
One night ticket 9,90€
Festival pass, including all four nights 29,90€
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