Jazz Finland Live

Tickets € 26 / € 22

Sointi Jazz Orchestra is an 18-member band known for their personal sound and renewal of the big band tradition. SJO’s clubs offer a comprehensive overview of the world of new big band music, along with visiting composers and soloists.

Matti Johannes Koivu is one of the strongest singer-songwriters in Finland. He is known as an artist who does not hesitate to bring his feelings to music. Koivu originally became known to the general public about the cover versions he made of the songs performed by Irwin Goodman. There are nuances of e.g. folk and beat music in Koivu's music, and at Kapsäkki the audience will hear for the first time how his songs can be shaped in the hands of a large jazz orchestra. Matti Johannes Koivu is passionate about live performances: “The endurance of music is weighed in front of a live audience. I love the challenge of live performance; how exciting and terrifying it is, and how music at its best liberates the performer and the audience. ”

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Singer-composer Susanna Aleksandra's quartet is the last of Jazz Finland Spring Tours this year. The foursome tours seven cities, playing compelling tunes from their lates album The Siren, which was released in Finland last year.

Singer-composer Susanna Alexandra and pianist Joonas Haavisto began their collaboration in 2018. These two musicians have a shared vision to create music where multilayered harmonies, meaningful lyrics and strong melodies come together. For them it is important to let the music dictate which direction to go to; occasionally the path is simple and sometimes more complex.

In the quartet's music, the influences of traditional jazz, classical music, pop and folk come together under the umbrella that is modern jazz. In the spring of 2020 the quartet released the album Souls of the Night, which was only distributed in the Japanese market. Eclipse Music released the album for international distribution in the spring of 2021 under the name The Siren, and it is an updated version of the material on Souls of the Night.

Estonian singer Susanna Alexandra has done her Bachelor and Master's in Jazz Performance in the Sibelius Academy in Finland.

Susanna Aleksandra Quartet

Susanna Aleksandra - vocals
Joonas Haavisto - piano
Joonas Tuuri - bass
Ville Pynssi - drums

Susanna Aleksandra Quartet on Jazz Finland Tour

Mom 2.5. at 19.00 Kotka, Ravintola Kairo
Tue 3.5. at 19.00 Joensuu, Konservatorio
Wed 4.5. at 19.00 Oulu, Teatteri Rio
Thu 5.5. at 18 Kokkola, ELive Jazz Lounge, shopping centre Chydenia
Sat 7.5. at 19.00 Jyväskylä, Poppari
Wed 11.5. at 19.00 Savonlinna, Kulttuurikellari
Thu 26.5. at 19.00 Espoo, Kannusali

Jazz Finland is a national service organisation dedicated to the promotion of jazz music and jazz culture in Finland. It serves as a specialist organisation and an active production arm for the industry both nationally and internationally. Touring is one of the core operations of Jazz Finland. Annually, Jazz Finland produces and supports 10 jazz tours in Finland. Jazz Finland operates regionally through its 47 independent member organisations.

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