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Popular Ricky-Tick Big Band & Julkinen Sana make their long-awaited comeback this October. The grand ensemble of jazz and hip hop celebrates their third album with nine-concert tour covering six cities.
Hanko Creative Music and Sound Workshop, June 25-28, 2018 (Town Hall, Hanko, Finland)
A workshop and masterclass of music in the beautiful seaside community of Hanko will present students to new techniques of expression and improvisation on their instruments in group playing situations.
New York’s Manhattan School of Music graduate Kaisa Mäensivu and her quartet will kick off the tour with a show at Joensuu’s Pakkahuone on April 11th.
New double album features guests such as Ricky-Tick Big Band Brass, Eero Koivistoinen, Palecafe and Joyce Elaine Yuille, vocalist of the second single released last Friday. The grandiose album presents Lassy’s music widely and shows him being in top condition with his composing. Timo Lassy Band has announced two album release concerts at G Livelab on 1st and 2nd of June.
Stars Aligned album carries on quintet’s work started with the lauded debut. German Ozella Music releases the album on 6th of April.
Unique French-Canadian-Congolese trio with pianist Benoît Delbecq, bassist Miles Perkin and percussionist Emilie Bayiendan tours eight cities in Finland.
Jazz community coffee on Thursday the 12th of April at 3 - 5pm at Koko Jazz Club in Helsinki! On April 16, Jazz Finland opens the application for the Finnish tour productions in the spring season 2019. Before we hit the 'go' button, we'd like to take the time to present and discuss the touring system with the musicians, producers, agents, managers and the concert organizers.
Two giants of Finnish jazz and progressive rock, Juhani Aaltonen (Tasavallan Presidentti, UMO Jazz Orchestra) and Raoul Björkenheim (Krakatau, Scorch Trio, eCsTaCy), join forces on an intimate duo album, Awakening.
The one-week event takes place at Musiikkitalo and brings varied range of wind instrument and big band music to Helsinki. This year’s event is starred with guests including a Swedish instrumentalist Gunhild Carling, UMO Jazz Orchestra, trumpeter Randy Brecker and conductor and composer Mats Holmquist.
Finnish Big Band Federation and Elojazz festival are holding a big band fanfare contest in August 2018. New entries are accepted until until the 15th of May.
