Jazz Finland Live

Teachers of a local pop/jazz music school Ebeli join forces for the first April Jazz Club evening. In addition to teaching music, all of them are also actively performing on the top of the Finnish jazz scene. The soloists include singers Mirja Mäkelä and Jenny Robson, and saxophonist Petri “Pope” Puolitaival. Each of the teachers perform their own feature songs, but the band will also lean into a fierce and fun collective jamming.

Jenny Robson, vocals
Mirja Mäkelä, vocals
Petri Puolitaival, saxophone
Riitta Paakki, piano
Henri Mäntylä, piano
Petri Krzywacki, guitar
Vesa Ojaniemi, bass
Rami Eskelinen, drums

Ebeli Show: Päivän Sää 6pm
Ebeliopet on stage 7pm

Free admission!

The event is co-production by April Jazz Club and WeeGee.

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Saxophonist Jukka Perko celebrates the 100th anniversary of his great role model Charlie Parker by playing the man's music in an intimate trio line-up in Iisalmi.

Jukka Perko's own career started like a rocket as a member of the Dizzy Gillespie orchestra. The traditional awareness of jazz, obtained directly from the source, is at the heart of Jukka's artistry.

Perko is a great storyteller, both with and without a saxophone. Book your place for an evening with the master!

Jukka Perko, saxophone
Eero Seppä, double bass
Teppo Mäkynen, drums

Tickets Restaurant Raatihuone
E-mail: ravintola@raatihuone.fi
tel. 050 408 6009

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15 euros, students and pensioners 10 euros

Masa Orpana Honk brings the joy and diverse rhythms of roots music to a contemporary jazz environment. The band's trump card is a section of three saxophones, accompanied by a pulsating rhythm section in the spirit of New Orleans. The band's music combines African-American roots music with the language of jazz in the form of advanced improvisations, own compositions and honed arrangements. Originally founded in 2012, Honk has performed at gigs mostly as a quartet, with Masa Orpana being the only saxophonist. The expanded band played their first gig in a crowded club in the winter of 2020. The new line-up will record Orpana’s new music in the summer of 2020. The recordings are scheduled for release in the spring of 2021.

Masa Orpana - saxophone
Aino Heikkonen - saxophone
Tuomas Heinonen - saxophone
Jonni Seppälä - guitar, vocals
Ville Vallila - bass
Juppo Paavola - drums

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Tickets 22/17 € at the door or www.nettilippu.fi 20/15 € in advance

Live jazz in Kulttuurikellari at Friday 2nd of October

Tomi Kämäräinen Trio performs their own originals and tasteful arrangements of jazz standards at Savonlinnan Kulttuurikellari. The trio was founded by Tomi Kämäräinen when he moved back to Kuopio from Copenhagen. He asked his longtime band mate Samuel Huhtahaara for guitar and their mutual friend Hermanni Tahvonen to bass. The trio handles music with a tasteful and modern touch. Guitar driven open soundscape brings out the distinctive acoustic sound of each instrument. The songs are influenced by the 90's modern jazz and free improvisation.

Tomi Kämäräinen Trio previously performed via a livestream in last June at Maxim, Kuopio. Tomi Kämäräinen is also known from his ensembles Case Kämäräinen and New New Trio ft. Kari Antila

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Verneri Pohjola - trumpet
Mikko Innanen - saxophone
Jussi Kannaste - saxophone
Antti Lötjönen - bass
Joonas Riippa - drums

Antti Lötjönen, one of the top jazz musicians in Finland, will return to the Flame Jazz stage this time as the band's leader! The internationally acclaimed bassist will release his expected solo debut in the spring through We Jazz Records. There will be twice as much festive hum as Lötjönen celebrates not only the record release but also his 40th birthday together with other forefront Finnish jazz artists.

Standard ticket € 20.5
Pensioners € 18.5
Viking Club members 18 € (max 2 discounts / customer)
Students (and minors accompanied by a guardian) € 15.5

The concert will be streamed live on the Facebook pages of Jazz City Turku, Flame Jazz and Åbo Svenska Theater: facebook.com/flamejazz/live. You can support Turku's jazz events by purchasing a voluntary support ticket from Tiketti for the streaming concert. The gig can be viewed on Facebook until October 8th, viewers do not need to have their own Facebook account.

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