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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.
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.
Laura Annika Quartet issued their debut EP on 8 May. The release came out in a digital format only, being now available on Spotify, iTunes and SoundCloud.
The winner of the 2014 We Jazz Rising Star Prize, the eleven-piece plays their eponymous leader’s compositions. The album-launching show takes place on 19 May at We Jazz club at Helsinki’s mbar.
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.
The 22th Kalkkiranta Jazz Festival will take place on Saturday 15 August 2015 in Kalkkiranta, Sipoo.
