Jazz Finland Live

Tickets 22,50 € / 18 €

Here's a great night for all the audiences enjoying energetic 1960s Groove Jazz. The night offers international, entertaining music with a bit of finnish spices for everyone who enjoys great solos and good groove.

The Filthy Six is an ensemble by London-based Nick Etwell touring Finland with a top rhythmic sequence arranged by Kari Paavola. Nick Etwell is a composer, band leader and trumpeter who has played with many well-known ensembles, e.g. in the Grammy award-winning band Mumford and Sons. Band's saxophonist, Pete Grogan, is also a big player in London's music scene. Pete has recorded e.g. with Ed Sheeran. Other well-experienced and talented members of the band are guitarist James Fenn, Finnish organist Mikko Helevä and bassist Heikki Laine.

Tickets 22,50 € / 18 €

Multi-time award-winning Canadian singer-composer-pianist as well as a CBC radio host Laila Biali is a master of combining different genres. She picks spices from rock, pop and soul, combining the elements into her own elaborate and distinctive jazz sound. This has paid off, and Laila's music has been performed on major stages around the world. In 2020, Laila was honored with the Canadian Hagood Hardy Award for Excellence in Songwriting Composer Award.

Laila's latest recording bearing her own name won the JUNO Award (Canadian Grammy) for Best Vocal Jazz Album of the Year. Along with her own music, she has toured the world with e.g. with Suzanne Vega, Chris Botti and Paula Cole, as well as recorded and acted as a warm-up artist on Sting's tour. The Washington Post describes Laila's music as: "she masterfully mixes jazz and pop, bringing virtuoism and unpredictability to songs that are concise and catchy".

Laila's trio is completed by basist Georg Koller and Finnish top drummer Jaska Lukkarinen.

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