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The third annual We Jazz festival opens on Monday 7 December at Aleksanterin Teatteri. Jazz will be heard over the week all over the city, in such venues as WHS Teatteri Union, Dubrovnik, Culture Tram, Tavastia and pianist Joonas Haavisto’s studio flat in Töölö.
Iyer cleaned the table in the jazz bible Down Beat's yearly poll: he was named as the artist of the year and his trio the band of the year. At We Jazz, Iyer will take the stage of Aleksanterin teatteri on 7 December, the opening day of the festival.
Espoo-based April Jazz and Turku-based Flame Jazz bring the distinguished American jazz pianist Brad Mehldau to Finland in February 2016. A five-time Grammy-nominee, Mehldau released his latest album – a compilation of solo pieces recorded live in Europe over a ten-year period – only in last October. He will be seen on stage at Turku’s Sigyn hall on Friday 12 February and at Espoo’s Sello Hall on the following day.
So you think you are open-minded? Journalist Petri Silas digs into the heart of the question in the new Jazzpresso article.
Improvised Music Company, the Dublin based producers of 12 Points Festival, announce that the 2016 edition of 12 Points will take place from 20-23rd of July in the vibrant Basque city of San Sebastian (Donostia) in Northern Spain, in association with Donostia Kultura. Deadline for applications is 30 January 2016.
Young Nordic Jazz Comets is an annual showcase for the most talented, young jazz acts of the Nordic countries. Finland selects their national representative at a band competition in April.
Buba Wii Aa and We Jazz DJs are to entertain us in a preview event for the upcoming We Jazz 2015 festival. The party takes place on 5 December at Helsinki's Kahvila Sävy.
Sointi Jazz Orchestra's new big band take on the traditional Christmas play Star Boys' Singing Procession will be touring the Helsinki metropolitan area for the second time this Christmas. The group has also collaborated with saxophonist Jukka Perko on a new version of the traditional hymn Hoosianna. The song can be caught on the Jouluradio starting from the first Advent.
Due to great demand, UMO and Anna Puu’s collaborative Christmas tour is to visit Helsinki’s Temppeliaukio Church twice on Thursday 10 December. The additional show is to take place at 6:00PM. The later show of the day, starting at 9:00PM, is already sold out.
Led by one of the pioneers of Finnish jazz, Eero Koivistoinen takes his thoroughbred team around Finland at the turn of December. The group will perform material from their new album Hati Hati, in eight Finnish cities in total.
