Jazz Finland Live

A tribute to the music of composer and bassist Pekka Pohjola! The concert features Pohjola’s compositions – including Impun tango, Space Waltz, and Heavy Jazz – from the repertoire of his long-standing, electric lineup. Among the members of this ensemble was also our concert’s special guest of honor, legendary drummer Anssi Nykänen.

Joni Hartikainen, guitar
Peik Hietala, guitar
Jami Alaverronen, keyboards
Eero Vehkaluoto, keyboards
Aarni Kaivola, bass
Aarni Tossavainen, bass
Anssi Nykänen, drums
Tomi Salesvuo, percussions

_{In 2026, it will be 100 years since jazz symbolically arrived in Finland with the ship Andania. The year thus marks a historic centenary celebration for Finnish jazz: Jazz in Finland 100. The anniversary highlights Finnish jazz and its artists both in Finland and abroad, celebrating jazz as part of Finland’s cultural heritage. The Jazz in Finland 100 campaign is coordinated by the Finnish Jazz Federation.}

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Mikko Hassinen Future Food Factory will perform on the Finnish Jazz Federation tour in Kotka, Kuopio, Oulu, Savonlinna, and Jyväskylä. The program features music from the ensemble’s debut album, reflecting the complex relationship with nature of award-winning percussionist and composer Mikko Hassinen.

Percussionist and composer Mikko Hassinen has returned to small ensemble music, inspired by his youthful and highly skilled band. The broad and layered wind orchestration of his earlier compositional work, the Espoo Big Band album Blood Red, transforms on the Future Food Factory debut into an intimate and focused interplay of a small collective, where acoustic jazz is infused with an electric layer.

To mark the Jazz Federation tour, Flame Jazz Records will release Hassinen’s new Future Food Factory solo album Anemoia on April 10. The material was created entirely in Hassinen’s home studio. The album centers on the concept of anemoia, a nostalgia for something never experienced.

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