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The lively nonet Njet Njet 9 issues their colourful second album Dark Soul on 3 November. The album will be released at Tampere Jazz Happening, followed by a launch tour.
Drummer-producer Teppo Mäkynen’s new music reflects his fascination with electronic music. The trio project 3TM sees Mäkynen manoeuvre somewhere in the borderlands of acoustic jazz trio, samples and electronic sounds. Single “Five New Dukes” and music video for the piece have already been released and the new album Form comes out on CD and in digital format today. The strongly audio-visual theme of the project extends to the album sleeve, photographed by Mäkynen himself.
The House of Culture Helsinki hosts the epic party that features some of Finland’s foremost artists from Kingston Wall Left Overs, Rinneradio and Melrose to Giant Robot, Emma Salokoski and Brothers Von Hertzen.
Jazz Jkl Live concert series presents top Finnish jazz acts at Poppari bar in the city center.
Polar Night Jazz event was first introduced in Tankavaara gold village 35 years ago. Today the international jazz festival takes place in Saariselkä, Inari and Karigasniemi restaurants, culture houses, chapels and even outdoors in the nature.
Aili Ikonen, one of Finland’s most charismatic singers, releases her new album Piirrä minut (Draw me) on 13 October. The album launch show will take place on the following day at Helsinki’s Savoy Theatre.
Pianist Jean-Marie Machado and accordionist Didier Ithursarry go on a rare tour in Finland and the Baltic states on 2 - 16 October. Their fellow countryman, guitarist Marc Ducret, joins them for a number of tour locations with his solo set
The first edition of the season features the long-standing Finnish singer-songwriter, Matti Johannes Koivu.
Singer-actress Maria Ylipää (b. 1981) counts among Finland’s most charismatic artists. This year, Ylipää will feature as a soloist for UMO’s traditional Christmas tour.
The Jazz Department of the University of the Arts Helsinki organises the annual DIG. jazz festival at the Music Centre, Helsinki, on 4 - 6 October. The line-up includes such groups as the Swedish-Norwegian Atomic, Finno-German-Danish Carl Winther Trio with Timo Lassy, Finno-Swedish duo Sten Sandell & Aki Rissanen and Kalle Kalima Pentasonic.
