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Get your tickets to the new Turku Jazz Festival
Welcome to the second oldest jazz happening in Finland. Turku Jazz Festival offers a nice selection of contemporary jazz. Festival’s main stage is located to Logomo near the main railway station and 20 minutes walk from the center of the city. This year the festival renews itself by returning to its original date in mid-March.
Trumpet phenomenon Verneri Pohjola and percussion virtuoso Mika Kallio tour Finland in March 2018
Early 2018 sees the British label Edition Records release the Finnish trumpeter Verneri Pohjola’s and drummer Mika Kallio’s duo album Animal Image. The mystical and atmospheric compositions are based on their improvised soundtrack on director Perttu Saksa’s 2017 experimental film of the same name. In March the duo tours Finland extensively, partly on a double bill with a French trio Les Voyageurs de l’Espace.
Validi Karkia club turns seven years
Satakunta region's most exciting and international live music club Validi Karkia celebrates their 7-year anniversary with two interesting concerts by Milo & Moses, and Peter Brötzmann's Full Blast!
Josen Pimeä Puoli release their debut album on March 2
Without darkness there's no light. Somewhere in the borderlines of blues, jazz and noir there's the ultimate battle between José's dark stories and Pimeä Puoli's tremulous twist. Which end of the Colt will have their soul burning in the fires of Hell, the good or the evil? Josén Pimeä Puoli ("José's Dark Side") is all about the shades of grey between black and white...
Elifantree releases their long-awaited new Anemone album on March 9
"There was more and richer variation than in usual pop music and there was not more jazz than necessary and useful here. With lots of attractive melody, captivating rhythm and beats and total absence of pretension the trio was shining brightly", Henning Bolte, London Jazz Magazine. Tampere-based label Eclipse Music releases the 10-year old fantasy jazz trio Elifantree's new album.
Markku Johansson composition and arrangement contest open until June 15
Vantaan Viihdeorkesteri's international composition and arrangement contest accepts new entries until the 15th of June, 2018. Please see further info for the free-of-charge competition, contacts, participation criteria and instructions on their website at www.viihdeorkesteri.fi/markku-johansson-kilpailu
Oulu Music Festival - a festival with no hearing restrictions
The 28th Oulu Music Festival takes place on March 11 - 24. The versatile festival received a grant from the Arts Promotion Centre Taike for their project to improve the concert experience for the hearing impaired.
Jay Kortehisto lifts single off upcoming solo debut
New Finnish vocal jazz will be in the pipeline with Jay Kortehisto’s self-titled solo debut on 9 March.
Jukka Perko Tritone goes on Jazz Finland tour in March
Jukka Perko, one of the most prestigious saxophonists in Finland, tours nine cities with his solid partners-in-crime, bassist Antti Lötjönen and drummer Teppo Mäkynen. The dynamic trio’s repertoire comes from their debut album DIzzy, where the saxophonist makes his long-awaited comeback on the American bebop tradition.