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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. 




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. 



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!



Teddy's West Coasters on tour in November

Drummer-composer-producer Teppo Mäkynen leads his newish octet around Finland on a We Jazz and Finnish Jazz Federation -produced tour on 16-26 November. The stellar group, whose two-part debut album came out last autumn, draws from the so-called West Coast jazz of the 1950s and 60s.