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Finnish Jazz Federation and its partners host a unique showcase festival and international export event in Helsinki on September 18 - 20. Jazz Finland festival includes a wide repertoire of live concerts, a seminar and network events for international jazz professionals.
Equally Stupid, formed by Finnish saxophonist Pauli Lyytinen, Icelandic guitarist Sigurdur Röngvaldsson and Swiss drummer David Meier, will perform in five Finnish cities this September.
The concert series hosted by trio HERD will bring top class guests to Lahti this autumn.
A three-day summer camp organised by the Sibelius Academy’s jazz faculty brought Finnish and international A-listers together. Now they will display the fruits of their collaboration in a concert at Koko Jazz Club.
Uuden Musiikin Orkesteri or UMO will celebrate Lasse Mårtenson’s 80th anniversary by giving a concert at Savoy Theatre in October.
The one-day festival was curated by Panu Savolainen for the first time.
The club counts on household names this autumn.
Turku Jazz festival’s new concept was a success: The festival doubled the number of visitors this year.
Lahden Jazztori festival climaxes in the 15-year old Miikka Kallio Band’s show on Saturday 13 September. The group will be joined by a number of soloists from previous years, and the regulars Mikko Peltoniemi, Johanna Boedecker and Jani Mahkonen, The group played their second ever gig at Lahden Jazztori.
The programme of We Jazz 2014 has grown larger. Dawn of Midi, Jimi Tenor Jazz à la Karma, Ahvenlahti-Koivistoinen 3 G Quintet and Tatu Rönkkö Plays Your Kitchen have been confirmed as new acts. We Jazz 2014 offer three opening events in addition to the already announced opening concert at Aleksanterin teatteri: knitwear design will shake hands with jazz, Timo Lassy and Higher Ground will explore spiritual dimensions of jazz and Hailu Mergia, a major force of today’s Ethiopian jazz, will play with his trio at Kuudes Linja. Also the timetable has been released, and the festival tickets are now available for purchase.
