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We Jazz spreads around Helsinki on 4 - 11 December

The 4th We Jazz Festival is here again! Helsinki's most extensive jazz festival delivers a host of best Finnish and international jazz acts on 4-11 December. This year's international guests include American Mark Turner Quartet, Berlin-based Lucia Cadotsch "Speak Low" and Norwegian Huntsville, while Jukka Eskola Soul Trio, Dalindèo, Jukka Perko Avara and Iro Haarla Trio are among the many Finnish acts to be seen at the festival. There will also be a few collab projects, seeing Finns and international artists join forces: these include Helsinki X Berlin Ensemble, Otis Sandsjö & Friends and Dunstan. Again, the festival will also explore new venues, with concerts taking place at G Livelab, the Finnish National Theatre main stage, El Fant, Lapinlahden Lähde and Helsinki Contemporary. 

Finnish Big Bands competed over Championship in Helsinki

Co-organised by the Finnish Big Band Association and Metropolia, the Finnish Big Band Championships took place on Saturday 26 November. Sointi Jazz Orchestra and Jyväskylä Big Band won the first prize jointly, while Junior All Star Big Band came third in the competition. 

Legendary Lee Konitz plays in Turku and Helsinki

Pioneering reedsman performs at Turku’s Sigyn Hall on Wednesday 30 November and Helsinki’s Koko Jazz Club on Thursday 1 December.

Kaamosjazz invites you to enjoy jazz and the magic of Lapland on Saariselkä

Järjestyksessään 36. Kaamosjazz järjestetään Saariselällä ja Inarissa 24.-27.11.2016. Konsertteja järjestetään tänä vuonna yhteensä 12 kappaletta ja aiemmin tuttujen konserttipaikkojen rinnalle on noussut yksi uusi konserttipaikka, Saariselälle syksyllä avattu upea Aurora -tapahtumatupa.

The 36th Kaamosjazz Festival comes again! Organised on Saariselkä and in Inari on 24-27 November, the festival will offer altogether 12 concerts this year. This year's festival will also see a new venue play host to concerts, namely the newly-lauched Aurora on the Saariselkä Fell. 

Apply for Jazz Finland LIVE support for your concert series!

Jazz Finland LIVE support is now applicable until 15.12.2016 at Finnish Music Foundation. The support is for professional production of concert series and jazz club events in Finland. 

Finnish Jazz Convention in Tampere echoed with history and new spark

50-year-old Jazz Federation invited its member communities again to get together and celebrate yet one more year of Finnish jazz culture. 

Svart Records issues forgotten live tapes by Heikki Sarmanto

The long-standing composer-pianist Heikki Sarmanto's career spans five decades and includes works in the fields of jazz, classical, avant-garde and opera. Despite the versatility of his repertory, Sarmanto's musical roots have always lain in the freer corner of jazz, and it is this side of him that the three-album compilation, The Helsinki Tapes, represents. Recorded in 1971 and 1972 at Helsinki's N-Club a.k.a. "Natsa", the tapes were lost for four decades until Sarmanto happened to come across them in his attic. 

Tuomas Paukku releases debut album, tours Finland with group Scription

The Jyväskylä-based composer-guitarist celebrates his debut by hitting the road in late November. The tour will also see him present his newly-assembed, stellar group. 

Finnish Jazz Federation Tours in 2017 Out Now

Out of the over 60 applications, the Artistic Board of the Finnish Jazz Federation has selected four ensembles to tour the country in the fall season of 2017. That brings the total number of the federation's annual tour productions to nine. 

Win tickets to UMO & Ibrahim Maalouf concert

Thanks to everyone for participating! The winners for tickets to UMO & Ibrahim Maalouf concert in Savoy Theatre on Sunday, November 27th at 6.00pm are Pirjo Honkala and Tiina Afaneh. The winners have been contacted by e-mail. Welcome to the concert!