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Tribute To Ella on nine-concert tour in Finland

The fall season of the Finnish Jazz Federation tours gets its cherry on top on the long-awated Tribute To Ella tour in December. The enchantingly fresh and stylish sextet takes over their audiences with singer Aili Ikonen's nuanced vocals and leader Mikko Pellinen's clever arrangements of traditional vocal jazz classics by the likes of Duke Ellington, Cole Porter and George Gershwin.





Tampere Jazz Happening by John Ephland in AllAboutJazz.com

"As with everything else that was played and heard (including, no doubt, the few shows this reviewer missed), Tampere Jazz Happening was once again in the ears, hearts and minds of everyone on hand to help complete the circle and make it all come alive. And that they did."


JazzHUG Cruise - Jazz Aboard!

The first ever JazzHUG cruise takes the audience on a live jazz trip on the Baltic Sea. The ship leaves the Helsinki harbor on November 30th and returns in the morning of the 2nd of December. Rap artist Paleface will host the cruise and present seven Finnish live acts and a fierce jam session.





Teemu Takanen wins the 'Esko Linnavalli' big band composition contest

The final concert of the Esko Linnavalli competition was aired live on YLE 1 radio on Thursday, the 7th of November. In the concert UMO Jazz Orchestra played ten best compositions out of the 30 original applicants. Teemu Takanen's 'Waiting For You' was awarded the first prize, and the second place was shared between Joonas Leppänen's composition 'Big Sur' and Teemu Halmkrona's 'Parting The Ways'.