Hei Hei to organise a new summer club at Kuudes Linja 11 July
DJs Didier, Fredrik Lavik, Eero Löyttyjärvi and Nivexxx will be treating us to organic sounds. In future, live music will be part of the repertoire.
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Pepe Willberg to headline Kellokosken Kesäsoitto festival
Riku Niemi Orchestra organises Kellokosken Kesäsoitto festival this year for the fourth time. The orchestra’s very own jazz and pop -oriented festival runs from Thursday 24 to Sunday 27 July in Kellokoski. In addition to Riku Niemi Orchestra itself, the festival presents artists and groups invited by the host orchestra.
Kirjazz to ring out in Valkeakoski on 5 July
The sixth edition of Kirjazz Festival is organised this summer on 5 July in Valkeakoski, at Kirjaslampi Dance Pavilion. The headliner of this year’s festival is one of the most talked-about of new-generation Finnish jazz combos, Dalindèo. Other artists include local group, OJS, with vocalist Lili Lambert.
Häiriöjatsit offers marginal stuff on 10 July
Häiriöjatsit, an evening dedicated to marginal jazz, will be held at Ravintola Telakka for the fifth time on 10 July.
Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble started their summer tour in Italy
Finnish-Beninese group, Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble, began the summer season by spending a week in the city of Bari in Apulia, Italy. The group played live thrice during their stay at Bari in Jazz Festival. http://www.bariinjazz.it/
We Jazz 2014 to open at Aleksanterin teatteri on 8 December
The opening concert of the second We Jazz happening presents American trumpeter Avishai Cohen with his trio, Teppo Mäkynen’s Serenity Ensemble, and Jussi Fredriksson’s rare solo piano performance. The opening address of the jazz week will be given by M. A. Numminen, the patron of the festival. This year the festival tests the appeal of a new, special ticket type.
Tampere Jazz Happening to take over Copenhagen!
Last year, Tampere Jazz Happening introduced three Danish jazz groups at the festival’s opening concert. The fruitful co-operation continues this year in the shape of band exchange, as three groups from Tampere have been booked to play at Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2014. Copenhagen Jazz Festival begins next week, on 4 July.
Kalkkiranta Jazz happening counts on household names
Kalkkiranta Jazz, organised in Sipoo by the sea on 16 August, brings some of the brightest stars of Finnish jazz on the stage. This year’s performers are Tuomo, Timo Kärmäräinen & Teemu Viinikainen duo and trio HERD & Aili Ikonen with a special guest, Vieno Kekkonen. The driving force behind the programme has been the festival’s new artistic director, vibraphonist Panu Savolainen.
Jussi Fredriksson Jazz Wars to tour Italy
Finnish group Jazz Wars, led by pianist-composer Jussi Fredriksson, will give a three-concert tour in Northern Italy this July.
The celebrated pianist Joonas Haavisto’s trio to tour Japan this September
Joonas Haavisto Trio has been booked by the acclaimed Tokyo Jazz Festival whose programme this year includes such names as Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Benny Golson and Christian McBride. The trio will perform on 6 September at the legendary The Plaza, which has hosted several ECM artists’ concerts in earlier years.