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Flame Jazz Talent Night, focussing on up-and-coming jazz stars, presents Teemu Åkerblom Quartet in an album-launching show at Turku's Jazz Club Monk. The album came out roughly a week ago on the legendary label Jazzaggression, run by Finland-based Norwegian DJ Fredrik Lavik. Åkerblom’s album sees a new chapter in the label's catalogue, so far mainly specified on reissues.
Hosted by Tapio Ylinen, the second season of radio programme Classic Jazz will be on air on Thursday and Saturday nights.
Not lacking in either depth or fiery energy, bassist Teemu Åkerblom’s quartet brings out their debut on 18 September. The group will perform live at Jazz Business Club on the release date, and at the We Jazz 2015 Festival and in Helsinki and Flame Jazz concert series in Turku later this autumn.
Recently chosen as the eco-friendliest cruise ship of the world, Viking Grace casts off to the rhythm of great jazz tunes already for the seventh time this September. The popular jazz cruise takes jazz enthusiasts to enjoy live performances from the most topical Finnish jazz groups of the moment on a swinging voyage on the Baltic Sea
The trio, whose released a new album last spring, is to tour Finland between 13 - 24 October. The tour is co-produced by Finnish Jazz Federation and Jazz HUG and it takes the group, among some places, to Satamankulma in Kuopio, Åbo Svenska Teater in Turku and Lavaklubi at the Finnish National Theatre, Helsinki.
One of the rising stars of European jazz, David Helbock, brings his trio to Turku’s Café Tiljan on 11 September. Helbock, whose most recent recording, Aural Colors, has received plenty of acclaim in international media, is one of this autumn’s international guests of the Flame Jazz concert series.
The 34th Tampere Jazz Happening brings some of the most intriguing names of contemporary jazz to the venues of Pakkahuone, Klubi and Telakka. The programme features 26 acts in total, 18 of which are international.
We Jazz festival, Helsinki’s largest-scale annual jazz event, is organised in December 2015 for the third time. Now spanning a whole week, the event features American pianist Vijay Iyer with his trio, German jazz legend Gunter Hampel and a host of the moment’s best Finnish jazz artists including Timo Lassy Band, Teddy's West Coasters, Juhani Aaltonen Trio, Verneri Pohjola Quartet and Jukka Perko Jazztet. As in the two previous years, We Jazz has come up with entirely new settings for jazz performances: this year will see a tram concert, a loft jazz house party and a series of concerts in a studio flat in Töölö. Tickets will be available for purchase on 8 September.
The Turku-based concert series Flame Jazz and Food & Fun Turku have joined forces on a new concept that brings together top jazz and delicious food in a fresh, new way. The collaborative venture kicks off on the first weekend of September, at the Flame Jazz Opening Weekend, offering the audience a treat in many senses of the word. Discount tickets to concerts will be available for customers of any restaurant that takes part in the Food & Fun Festival.
2015 has seen the 40th anniversary of Finland’s number one big band, UMO Jazz Orchestra. The programme of the past spring season treated us to a string of unique concerts: flashbacks to the orchestra’s best moments, some of the jazz world’s most sought-after soloists and premieres from prestigious Finnish composers. UMO's autumn programme, which has now been released, will follow the same jubilant pattern.Tickets to all concerts are available for purchase.
