Peela's final gig on Jazz Finland tour in Salo on April 9 postpones to May 27!
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.
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Equality in the Music Industry Survey – deadline 8 March
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.
We Jazz published a charity collection in support of Ukraine
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.
Turku Jazz Festival begins
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 Statement On The War In Ukraine
Europe Jazz Network's statement on the war in Ukraine:
Nils-Petter Molvær's quartet to replace Nicholas Payton's performance at Savoy JAZZFest
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.
Changes to Turku Jazz Festival program: Nils-Petter Molvær's quartet replaces Nicholas Payton
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 2022 begins March 2
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.
TTT-Klubi features first visit from blues artists in March
The restaurant stage of Tampere Workers' Theatre opens its doors to the public again.
Jarmon saarella 50 year-anniversary concert takes place March 2022
Jarmo Saari's 50th anniversary concert Jarmon saarella ("on Jarmo's island") was one of the first events postponed after the closure of Finland on March 12, 2020. The retrospective gala will take place on Saturday, March 19, 2022 and raise funds for Protect Children, an organization that works to prevent sexual violence against children.