Jazz Finland stands with the event industry, demands equity
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Austrian trio Mario Rom's Interzone will tour Finland in July
The Finnish tour of the jazz trio led by trumpet player Mario Rom will start in Helsinki from Odysseus Festival on 25 July and end at Raahe Jazz on the Beach on July 30-31. The band will also visit Tampere and Pori.
Linkola, Quintessence and Perko perform at the Savoy JAZZFest streaming festival
At the end of May, Savoy JAZZFest offers nostalgia in its program: the icons of Finnish jazz Jukka Linkola, Quintessence and Jukka Perko will perform at the festival. The Juhani Aaltonen - Strings concert will be postponed until next autumn.
Raahe Jazz on the Beach to be held on July 29-31, 2021
The 32th edition of Raahe Jazz on the Beach will again gather people and music by the sea on the last weekend of July 2021.
Järjestöjen yhteinen kannanotto: Elvytystä kulttuurialalle!
Elvytystä kulttuurialalle!
Taiteen rahoitus vähenee ensi vuonna 17.5 miljoonaa euroa ja sitä seuraavana 23 miljoonaa euroa. Leikkaukset osuvat järjestökenttään ja vapaisiin taiteisiin kovemmin kuin suurempia summia liikuttelemaan tottuneet poliitikot ehkä tajuavat.
Mannila & Louhivuori live stream offers soul, jazz, hip hop and R&B
Soul, jazz, hip hop and R&B! A combination of all this is delivered at the last gig of the Sointi Jazz Orchestra spring, as they delves into the groovy music of two great singer-composers. The vocalists stars Maja Mannila and Hilkka Louhivuori interpret their own compositions as arrangements made just for the 28 May concert evening.
Flame Jazz serves live jazz via home delivery in May
The Flame Jazz Home Delivery concept, which started last spring, will make a comeback on the last weekend of May in the courtyards and gardens of the Turku region. The Flame Jazz Messengers quartet, led by Severi Pyysalo and Jussi Fredriksson, will take the stage of the home delivery car.
Jazz: Music of inclusion
This piece is more about being true to oneself as an art professional, which entails embracing all aspects of one's existence, than it is about jazz or diversity.
We Jazz Records released Koma Saxo’s long-awaited LIVE album
The new album was recorded in front of a live audience at the 2019 We Jazz Festival. Petter Eldh, Jonas Kullhammar, Otis Sandsjö, Mikko Innanen and Christian Lillinger play on the powerful and brutally unedited live album.
Hay Moon - New single and music video from Elena Mîndru in collaboration with Adam Bałdych
On May 14th, 2021 the Montreux Jazz Voice Competition award winner Elena Mîndru will release the first single Hay Moon of her upcoming album Hope under Eclipse Music.