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The festival opens on Thursday 3 November with a free concert with three woman-led bands and closes on Sunday 6 November. The two days falling between offer a dizzying number of topical Finnish and international jazz acts.
Jaska Lukkarinen Trio – a trio of true troupers – turns ten in 2017. Formed by the eponymous drummer, saxophonist Jussi Kannaste and bassist Antti Lötjönen, the stellar group celebrates their decade-long career by hitting the road on a tour and releasing two EP's, first of which is due out in November 2016 and the second in March 2017.
Entitled Veden värejä, the second album will come out on 28 October, with the album launch show taking place on the same day at Helsinki’s Teatteriravintola Kapsäkki at 7:00pm.
Women choir KYN release an album of new music by composer Mikko Hassinen. The album launch show takes place on 26 October at Helsinki's Savoy Theatre with KYN being joined by top jazzers Hassinen, Manuel Dunkel and Ville Herrala.
Music Finland has released a brand new playlist New Jazz from Finland at www.jazzfromfinland.com. Listen to the best of 'suomijazz' or add your own music to the playlist.
Afrojazz Club delivers danceable afrobeat and world music at restaurant Storyville, Helsinki, once a month throughout the autumn. Before the shows, there will be a guest speaker giving a talk about topics that touch about values important to Afrojazz Club, such as multiculturalism, humanitarianism, environment, social and spiritual questions. The season will be opened on Thursday 20 October.
Limited company, Livelaboratorio Oy that runs the new venue G Livelab in Helsinki, has confirmed to have made a preliminary agreement to buy the radio channel Radio Helsinki from Kaupunkitarinat Oy. Livelaboratorio Oy is owned by the Finnish Musicians' Union.
Nina Mya hits the stage at Savoy Theatre with her star-studded crew with a new album under her belt on 29 October. Her third album, Closure, will be released in Germany one day before the concert.
Jazz fusion guitarist Wayne Krantz will be hitting the road in October to play in the U.S., Asia and Europe on the extensive Undercover Pop Tour. The tour will see Krantz land in Finland on Tuesday 29 November, giving a show at Helsinki’s long-running rock club, Tavastia. The night will be culminating in the 21-piece Espoo Big Band and jazz fusion group Husband’s collab project Lauma. Tickets are now available for purchase on Tiketti.
Helsinki's Music Centre plays host to the three-day festival DIG. on 10 - 12 October. Hosted by the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki, this year's line-up features the pianist Aaron Goldberg, singer-guitarist Joyce Moreno, guitarist Pasquale Grasso and saxophonist Fredrik Kronkvist. The artists will also be giving guest lectures to the students of the Academy during their visit.
