News -page consists of current topics and interesting articles about jazz in Finland.
Timo Lassy, one of the most acclaimed of Finnish jazz artists, has released a music video for the title track of his new album, Love Bullet. The video features Finnish actress Katariina Kaitue and actor Jussi Nikkilä. Both the album and the video came out on 29 May. The sax man launches his fourth studio album on 3 June at club Dubrovnik in Helsinki. The concert is sold out.
"Live in Helsinki 1995", a live recording by UMO Jazz Orchestra and saxophone legend Michael Brecker (1949-2007) is set for release this coming autumn. The concert was recorded at the recently opened Royal Cotton Club in Helsinki in October 1995. The recording was produced by Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE and the release is UMO’s first from YLE’s archives to feature an international soloist. It is also Brecker’s first posthumous live album.
Turku Jazz Orchestra arranges a big band composition competition for composers hailing from or based in South-West Finland. Organised now for the first time, the contest aims at putting South-Western Finnish jazz composers on the map and presenting them to a larger audience.
Summer Jazz Club brings once again young jazz talents to Poppari club monthly from May to August.
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.
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.
Under the Ground both records and is inspired by the soundscape of the Kehärata tunnels, located in Vantaa. The duo's music will also be played in the train stations once the railroad is inaugurated in July.
The final concert of Esko Linnavalli composition contest was aired live on YLE1 radio channel on Tuesday, May 19. Young composer Kasurinen's afro jazz piece "Samson" received the first prize and 1.500 euros.
Music Finland's ongoing application round for Finnish music exports expires on May 29th.
Esko Linnavalli composition competition final is aired on YLE Radio 1 on 19 May 2015 at 19.03. UMO, conducted by Antti Rissanen, will play the 10 compositions that qualified for the final.
