Jazz Finland Live

Mnozil Brass, from Austria, has established its position as one of the world's leading brass bands. It has been performing to full concert halls around the world at an annual rate of more than 130 performances and captivating the audience with its performances that combine virtuoso playing and comedy theatre. Mnozil Brass, called the Monty Python of the music world, has collected their best numbers from their nearly 30-year career in a show called Gold.

The band's name refers to Gasthaus Mnozil, located in Vienna's famous 1. Bezirk quarter, opposite the conservatory. In 1993, seven young brass players took part in a series of regularly organized concerts in the restaurant. That’s how Mnozil Brass was born. Its carefully constructed performances include wordless sketch humor and theater as well as jazz, pop hits, typical brass music, opera and operetta. The interim all-night show by extremely skilled players is a comprehensively entertaining experience for viewers of all ages.

Mnozil Brass arrives in Finland after a break of over a decade. It has previously visited Lieksa Brass Week three times, where all the band's concerts have been sold out. Mnozil Brass has not performed in the capital region before, so the April Jazz audience is offered a particularly awaited premiere.

Thomas Gansch, trumpet (AT)
Robert Rother, trumpet (AT)
Roman Rindberger, trumpet (AT)
Leonhard Paul, trombone & bass trumpet (AT)
Gerhard Füßl, trombone (AT)
Zoltan Kiss, trombone (HU)
Wilfried Brandstötter, tuba (AT)

Tickets €45/39 + order fees (from €1.50), Lippu.fi
Duration approx. 2 h incl. intermission

Open event

Dawda Jobarteh / Stefan Pasborg Duo

The duo of Dawda Jobarteh and Stefan Pasborg is an unique meeting between two charismatic gentlemen from two different music cultures, and from two different continents. A melting-pot of styles mixed together into an output based on mutual love for strong rhythmical shapes, beautiful melodies and the pure energy in music. Jobarteh and Pasborg have performed as a duo for 10 years at many venues and festivals in Europe and Africa.

“Dawda Jobarteh and Stefan Pasborg’s Duo is unique on more than one level. This duo is beyond genre and at times quite far-reaching. The emotionally and electrically charged cover pieces are aggressive, shifting and challenging as they deconstruct sound and create an organic alternative to conventional expectations. The more customary pieces still manage to merge African tradition, world-beat percussion and unusual instrumentation to produce a fundamentally innovative and expressively stimulating sound.’’ – All About Jazz, USA.

Dawda Jobarteh, kora, vocals (GM)
Stefan Pasborg, drums (DK)

Antti Lötjönen Quintet East

Antti Lötjönen Quintet East perform music from their latest album “Circus/Citadel”. Compositions by the bassist and bandleader Antti Lötjönen are freeflowing, yet rhythmical with echoes of traditional jazz. Alongside with one of the most distinguished Finnish jazz bassist Lötjönen, there’s crew of some of the most unique jazz musicians in Finland: saxophonists Mikko Innanen and Jussi Kannaste, trumpeter Verneri Pohjola and drummer Joonas Riippa.

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

Tickets €29/24 + booking fee (from €1,50), Lippu.fi
Duration appr. 2h 45min, incl. intermission

8PM doors
8.30PM Antti Lötjönen Quintet East
Intermission
10PM Dawda Jobarteh / Stefan Pasborg Duo

Open event

Free entry

Manala Afterwork Jazz is a weekly jazz club in the center of Helsinki. Finland's top musicians perform at the club in a cozy and atmospheric environment. The event is free of charge, so we recommend using the money saved from the admission tickets on the restaurant's legendary pizzas and refreshments!

Arto Ikävalko - piano
Joonas Tuuri - bass
Ville Luukkonen - drums

Open event

Tickets 17 €

Actress and singer Annika Cleo and jazz guitarist Ari Stockås throw themselves into the world of Ella Fitzgerald and are inspired to create their own concert of Ella's immortal jazz interpretations. Annika and Ari's En Tribute till Ella Fitzgerald takes the listeners on a wonderful musical journey, from swinging songs to foremost ballads of the jazz world. The evening is held in Swedish.

Open event