Jazz Finland Live
KJC SOLO PIANO STREAM: PETRI SOMER,Koko Jazz Club, helsinki13.12. At 19:00
Petri Somer
Gigs on the same day in helsinki
SIBIS JAZZ ENSEMBLES: STUDENTS OF LINNA & LEHTONENKoko Jazz Club, helsinki13.12. At 19:00
UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra & Ilmavoimien Big Band feat. Antti Koivula & Elena Mindru: The Big XmasKulttuuritalo, helsinki13.12. At 19:00
Welcome to a unique concert with two Finnish professional big bands! For the first time ever, the UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra and The Finnish Air Force Big Band will join forces on the stage, together with the singers Antti Koivulaand Elena Mindru as soloists. One big band is already big, two big bands are bigger still!
The concert program contains well known Christmas songs from Finland and abroad in arrangements for big band. The Finnish Air Force Big Band and Antti Koivula plays upbeat pop and rock Christmas songs by artists like Brian Setzer, EWF and James Brown. Elena Mindru, who debuts as soloist with the UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra, performs American Christmas songs in the swing and jazz traditions, as made famous by Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra among others. Finland’s two leading big bands also perform together in this Christmas show that’s unlike anything else we’ve seen before!
UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra is conducted by Ed Partyka, Jaakko Nurila leads The Finnish Air Force Big Band.
Duration 2 h 15 min with intermission. Tickets Lippu.fi 39 € / 34 €.
