Jazz Finland Live

In the main concert of the Hupisaari Theater on Friday 6.8. performing OYJO, Alexi Tuomarila Quartet feat. Mathias Eick, Peela and OASBB x Kasmir.

OYJO 18:00

OYJO a.k.a Oulu Youth Jazz Orchestra is the joint big band of Madetoja music high school and Oulu Conservatory. The orchestra includes roughly 20 musicians aged 13 to 19. OYJO compiles a new concert programme every semester, which is presented in concerts in co-operation for example with local festivals. The programme presented in Elojazz has been practiced in the midst of the pandemic. The concert will feature compositions by Finnish jazz legends: Eero Koivistoinen, Olli Ahvenlahti and Jukka Linkola. Many young people who have played at OYJO have carried on to lead professional careers in music afterwards. OYJO has operated in its current form under the leadership of Jaakko Jauhiainen since 2010.

ALEXI TUOMARILA QUARTET FEAT. MATHIAS EICK 18:45 Alexi Tuomarila, who won the Emma Award in 2020, will bring his new Nordic quartet to Elojazz on Friday, August 6th, 2021. Mathias Eick, who has been the band's soloist, has long been one of Norway's absolute top trumpet players. The quartet's drummer is Markku Ounaskari and the bassist is Eero Tikkanen.

PEELA 20:15 The six-member Peela ensemble, made up of a younger generation of jazz artists, performs compositions by guitarist-composer Johannes Granroth. The band's personal and supple groove draws on jazz, funk rock and neo-soul, giving musicians space to play and improvise. The immersive rhythmic mood ends up in Peela's instrumental songs, but Maja Mannila also decorates it with her lyrics.

OASBB x Kasmir 21:45 At Friday's concert, the Oulu All Star Big Band will host one of Finland's brightest stars, R&B-influenced Kasmir. In the concert of the Hupisaari Theater, Kasmir's production will be heard as big band arrangements dressed in soul tunes. The concert will be conducted by Jukka Eskola, the artistic director of the Oulu All Star Big Band and Elojazz.

Tickets: 50 € + Ticketmaster processing fee

In 2021, Elojazz will be held from 5 to 7 August. Trumpeter Jukka Eskola is the artistic director of Elojazz and the festival is produced by Jazz-20 ry. The Elojazz Festival, which is being held for the 32nd time this year, is part of the Oulu August Festival.