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Held in the shadow of war and the pandemic, the fourth Savoy JAZZFest on March 2-3, 2020 ended with a concert by Christian McBride at the Savoy Theater on Sunday. The festival was the last on for artistic director and trumpet player Jukka Eskola. Bassist Kaisa Mäensivu has been chosen as the new artistic director. Next year, Savoy JAZZFest will be held from March 2 to 5, 2023, and its Blind Bird tickets are now on sale.
On Friday, March 4 KULTA ry – a Central Organization for Finnish Culture and Arts Associations and its member organizations donated a total of 31,000 euros to help children in Ukraine through Unicef.
Guitarist Johannes Granroth's sextet tours Finland between March 8 and April 9. The tour extends to nine venues all the way from Espoo to Oulu.
Finnish Musicians’ Union, Finnish Music Creators, Music Finland, IFPI Finland, The Collective Management Organisation for Recorded Music in Finland, Jazz Finland, The Finnish Music Publishers Association, Association of Finnish Symphony Orchestras, The Society of Finnish Composers and Finnish Composers’ Copyright Society Teosto are inviting all members of the Finnish music industry to participate in a short survey on the topic of equality in the music industry.
The collection, which was released digitally 3 March, contains 25 tracks of which most are previously unreleased. The collection includes tracks from e.g. Koma Saxo, Timo Lassy Trio, Ilmiliekki Quartet, Joona Toivanen Trio, Superposition and Terkel Nørgaard With Ralph Alessi. All proceeds from the collection will be channeled to humanitarian aid in support of the crisis in Ukraine.
The 53-year-old Turku Jazz Festival brings light and jazzy selfcare to spring with a wonderful selection of artists! The most anticipated performances are the solo piano concert of jazz legend Kenny Barron, Linda Fredriksson Juniper, and the premiere concert for double bass and big band by Turku Jazz Artist of the Year Ville Herrala and Turku Jazz Orchestra.
Europe Jazz Network's statement on the war in Ukraine:
Nicholas Payton has regrettably had to cancel his European tour and his subsequent performance at Savoy JAZZFest due to a travel problem. Instead of Payton’s trio, Norwegian trumpet player Nils-Petter Molvær’s Stitches line-up will take the stage Saturday 5 March.
Nicholas Payton has regrettably had to cancel his European tour and his subsequent performance at Turku Jazz Festival due to a travel problem. Instead of Payton’s trio, Norwegian trumpet player Nils-Petter Molvær’s Stitches line-up will take the stage Friday 4 March.
Savoy JAZZFest, which is held for the fourth time, will feature an inspiring program full of top musicians of the jazz world in Helsinki from 2 to 6 March 2022. The festival will feature the debut of Pete Parkkonen Jazz Orchestra and the international top names Vijay Iyer, Christian McBride and Inside Straight, Artemis, Manu Katché “Scope”, Nicholas Payton Trio and Rebekka Bakken + UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra.
