Jazz Finland Live
Jazz-Espa: Susanna Aleksandra Quartet,Espan lava, helsinki30.7. At 15:00
Susanna Aleksandra Quartet
Estonian vocalist-composer lyricist Susanna Aleksandra and Finnish pianist Joonas Haavisto started working together in 2018. They share a common vision in giving music multiple layers by uniting complex harmonies and forms with meaningful lyrics and strong melodies. For Susanna and Joonas it is important to allow the music to dictate where it wants to go. This brings versatility and honesty to their music. Nothing is done to satisfy the ego of the composer but only to serve the music. Influences of traditional and modern jazz, classical, popular and folk music are unified under the modern jazz umbrella, the stylistic choices of the musicians and the fantastic ensemble playing of some of the top Finnish jazz musicians. As a singer, Susanna Aleksandra focuses on versatility and storytelling. Their album Souls of the Night is released in Japan in March 2020 (Blue Gleam). The band will be on tour in Japan in May 2020.
Susanna Aleksandra (EST) – vocals, Joonas Haavisto – piano, Joonas Tuuri – bass, Ville Pynssi – drums
Gigs on the same day in helsinki
Light and shadows. Stories. Images. Contrasts, coincidences. Hands and Omens’ evocative, layered sounds take the listener through a spectrum of moods. Hands and Omens is a rule-breaking jazz trio consisting of three of the most expressive players in the current Helsinki music scene. The group's debut album Where the Solid Ends was released in September 2019. Above all, Hands and Omens is seeking a new kind of acoustic sound, keeping freedom and communicative group playing as their cornerstones. The plain instrumentation is used creatively, without predefined frames. To their unique compositions, musicians have searched inspiration from for example Edgar Allan Poe’s, Daniil Harms’s and Knut Hamsun's literature.
Nikita Rafaelov – piano, Silva Kallionpää – violin, Joonas Tuuri – double bass
Jazz-Espa: Pauli Lyytinen Magnetia OrkesteriEspan lava, helsinki30.7. At 17:30
Pauli Lyytinen Magnetia Orkesteri is a profoundly improvisational, skilful modern jazz quartet. The foursome got together in 2015, to play Lyytinen’s innovative music. Magnetia Orkesteri is a collective of some of the most luminous stars in contemporary Finnish jazz, each bringing their special flavor in the mix. The ensemble’s second album, Hypnosis, is to be released in March 202 by the Finnish Eclipse Music label. The new material draws from free jazz, avant-garde, chamber music and world music.
Pauli Lyytinen – saxophones and compositions, Verneri Pohjola – trumpet, Eero Tikkanen – double bass, Mika Kallio – drums
