Jazz Finland Live

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Dimitri Grechi Espinoza, the acclaimed Italian saxophonist and composer, brings his deeply meditative interpretation of John Coltrane's legendary work A Love Supreme to Kerava Church. Espinoza's project, Meditation On A Love Supreme, has attracted widespread attention within the Italian jazz community as a spiritual concert experience designed specifically for sacred spaces, offering fresh perspectives on the mystical core of Coltrane's music.

In collaboration with Espinoza, jazz pastor Markku Salo has assembled a quartet for the Finnish performances that reflects both the sonic landscape of the original work and the new arrangement. In Kerava, Espinoza and Salo will be joined by Finnish jazz legend Juhani Aaltonen and guitarist Tapio Ylinen. Together, they create a new Finnish–Italian encounter around Coltrane's masterpiece, where improvisation, poetry, and silence merge into a unified musical expression. This is not a conventional tribute concert, but rather an act of "hearing anew" — an attempt to reconnect with the spiritual essence of Coltrane's music.

_{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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