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Koko kesä Kalliossa to entertain us all summer long

24.5.2015 | news

Pulsating in the heart of Kallio, Koko Jazz Club has brought us jazz concerts on a regular basis already for five years. This summer will see the popular Koko kesä Kalliossa concert series return to the club already for the fourth time with the best Finnish pop and rock stars. They will perform their best-loved songs with a twist: namely, accompanied by a jazz orchestra. The able Koko Jazz Club house band is conducted by vibraphone player Arttu Takalo.

UMO to perform thrice at Elbjazz in Hamburg

23.5.2015 | news

Celebrating their 40th anniversary, UMO Jazz Orchestra plays around ten live concerts both in Finland and abroad in the upcoming summer. Dee Dee Bridgewater, Lenny Pickett and Junnu Aaltonen front UMO Jazz Orchestra at Hamburg’s Elbjazz Festival this May.

We Jazz järjestää neljän kesäklubin sarjan mbarissa

19.5.2015 | news

Tiistaina 19.5. starttaavan klubisarjan esiintyjiin kuuluvat Mikko Sarvanne Hip Company, Lukkarinen/Lötjönen+, Verneri Pohjola X Tatu Rönkkö ja kosmisen jazzin erikoiskonsepti We Jazz Loft Sessions in 3D. Levymusiikista vastaa We Jazz DJs ja visuaaleista National RGB VJs.

Jazz-Espa and JazzPiknik programme released

13.5.2015 | news

Jazz-Espa features twenty topical Finnish jazz acts from the 27th of July to the 7th of August. The upbeat festival period takes a breather on Sunday the 2nd of August with an urban mini-festival JazzPiknik at mbar’s terrace and on the Lasipalatsi square.