Trombone Player Kasper Sarikoski to Juilliard as the First Finnish Jazz Musician
Finnish trombonist Kasper Sarikoski (B. 1988) starts his studies in the Artist Diploma in Jazz Studies program at the world famous Juilliard School in New York City.
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Eclipse Jazz Club offers prog rock and big band music this May
This month, the Tampere-based concert series Eclipse Music Club focusses on prog rock and modern big band jazz. Also, Tapio Ylinen, the host of the club and the manager of the record label Eclipse Jazz, will take to the stage.
Saturday night is for clubbing
The second day of jazzahead! 2017 was yet another success for the Finnish delegates. The opening Thursday was reported to have drawn the biggest audiences ever, and last night’s gala concert starring Iiro Rantala with Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen showed what can be accomplished when jazz, improvisation and classical music shake hands. The Tampere-hosted jam afterparty in the Schlachthof basement really hit the chord after the long showcase day. Both, the musicians and the listeners seemed to enjoy a little break from the business buzz.
The weekly routine of a culti-athlete
What do you call a cultural worker who wears many hats? In Finland we call them "moniottelija", a multi-athlete of culture, in lack of a better word. What is the weekly routine of such a culti-athlete?
The Opening Night presented all the colours of Finnish jazz
The first day at jazzahead! 2017 saw eight beautiful perfomances in fully packed halls.
Jukka Perko Tritone Go Dizzy at the And of April
Tritone, composed of saxophonist Perko, bassist Antti Lötjönen and drummer Teppo Mäkynen, plunge into the musical heritage of the legendary Dizzy Gillespie on their new album. A wonder child of the saxophone, Perko played in Gillespie's big band in his teens from 1987 to 1988, and this phase on Perko's career is now well-documented in the sleeve of the new disc.
Jukka Eskola Soul Trio tours Finland in May
Celebrating their upcoming, self-titled album, Jukka Eskola Soul Trio hits the road on an album launch tour on 5-20 May.
Jazzliitto goes Jazz Finland goes jazzahead!
The Finnish Jazz Federation (Suomen Jazzliitto) shortens its international name to Jazz Finland and changes their website and e-mail addresses to jazzfinland.fi. Jazz Finland takes part in the 2017 jazzahead! fair in Bremen in co-operation with the main exhibitor and partner country organization Music Finland. On the jazzahead! subpage you will find the latest on the Finns at jazzahead!, practical info about the schedules, and fun stuff to explore.
Slavic Soul-Surfing
In this Jazz Finland International series we bring you the people and phenomena around the 2017 jazzahead! trade fair. Finland is the partner country this year and our artists, festivals, projects and companies have a great exposure amongs the international professionals at the fair and festival. Let's take a sneak peek behind the scenes before the bedlam begins on Thursday...
Hope across the borders
In this Jazz Finland International series we bring you the people and phenomena around the 2017 jazzahead! trade fair. Finland is the partner country this year and our artists, festivals, projects and companies have a great exposure amongs the international professionals at the fair and festival. Let's take a sneak peek behind the scenes before the bedlam begins on Thursday...