News -page consists of current topics and interesting articles about jazz in Finland.
Flame Jazz reinvades the Viking Line flagship Viking Grace for the sixth time at the end of the month. The popular cruise will see some of the most topical talents of jazz and pop swing on the waves of the Baltic Sea.
The spring season of Turku Jazz Orchestra is made of enjoyable jazz numbers, a wide sprectrum of moods and fireworks of rhythm. This spring TJO will delve into the classics of Thad Jones and collaborate with the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra in a grand-scale concert exploring the real of Finnish film music. Collaboration with the Big Band Course will also continue and on a more extensive scale than before.
Going by the name of their leader, Jori Huhtala 5 bring out their debut on Friday 23 January 2015 on the label Fredriksson Music. Huhtala has called up some of his favourite musicians to play his original compositions, which bring together old and new traditions of jazz with a unique freshness, even quirkiness. Jori Huhtala 5 tread confidently in the wide world of jazz, from time to time even approaching the realms of pop and film music.
Entitled Bullhorn, the upcoming release comes out on the acclaimed British label Edition Records. Verneri Pohjola Quartet will play live in Tampere, Turku and Helsinki in February and March.
The tight-knit duo counts on the power of improvisation and creates their music in the moment. Their upcoming performance at Sellosali belongs to an 8-concert Finnish tour, produced by the agency Free Sounds, Free Voices.
UMO Jazz Orchestra celebrate its 40th anniversary this year by offering its audience a series of spectacular concerts: echoes from years past, some of the most sought-after soloists of the moment, loads of premieres of Finnish pieces and several visits to festivals both in Finland and abroad.
The saxophonist takes an electro-acoustic path in his concert at Viikki church on 25 January.
Kehys - The Finnish NGDO Platform to the EU - is looking for art project ideas that bring up development issues and that are carried out among the general public at World Village Festival in Helsinki on May 23-24.
The first tour of the autumn marks the 80th anniversary of the versatile saxophonist-flautist Juhani “Junnu” Aaltonen; while another pioneering figure, saxophonist Eero Koivistoinen, will hit the road with his quartet just before the Christmas. As a counterbalance to these old veterans and the tenor saxophone, two co-produced tours feature young veterans: namely, the trumpet and piano-driven Ilmiliekki Quartet and the pianist Riitta Paakki’s trio.
The Finnish Jazz Federation's touring season starts with drummer Mikko Hassinen's acclaimed quintet Elektro GT.
