News -page consists of current topics and interesting articles about jazz in Finland.
The music of Gothenburg-based Dark Horse bends towards deep, experimental waters. Their newest single Brutet Groove gives a taste of the band's upcoming Listen album, which will be released in November by We Jazz and celebrated on December 3rd at We Jazz Festival.
The 7-day We Jazz Festival will be held from November 29th to December 5th. The festival program will feature ambient jazz pioneer Tapani Rinne, who will celebrate his new album at Helsinki Contemporary on December 3rd.
This autumn's Vapaat Äänet tour presents the most fascinating and fearless musicians of Finnish and French jazz fields, when Superposition led by drummer Olavi Louhivuori and the duo of French pianist Roberto Negro and saxophonist Emile Parisien will perform all over the country from September 22 to October 4.
Flame Jazz Cruise is here again! The jazz cruise, now in its seventeenth edition, will once again bring the long-awaited mini-festival to Viking Grace with six performances. The ship’s audience capacity is limited, and the audience is reminded of safety distances and face-mask recommendations.
On Saturday 19th September, the long wait will be rewarded and the premiere concert of Sointi's Kapina ('rebellion') will fill the Kapsäkki Music Theater with completely new music.
Five Nordic bands are featured at We Jazz festival on the G Livelab Helsinki stage on December 2, as part of the Nordic Jazz Comets project. The tickets for the showcase and the rest of the festival programme are now on sale.
UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra presents a new concert series Great Voices dedicated to stellar vocalists. The premiere in October 2020 brings the Israeli jazz singer and composer Efrat Alony to perform in Finland for the very first time.
The fall of Jazz Jkl kicks off this week. The first monthly jazz club of the local Jazz Jkl Collective will be held in Poppari restaurant on Saturday 12th September. Pauli Lyytinen Magnetia Orkesteri will perform at Poppari on Thursday 24th September.
Kerava Jazz festival takes place 11th–13th September.
The board of Music Archive Finland has decided to award a 1500 euro grant from the Erik Lindström Fund to Adele Sauros for a study trip to the United States. Sauros, who plays soprano and tenor saxophone and flute, actively composes jazz music for various ensembles. Sauros' bands include Adele Sauros Quartet, Adele Sauros London Quartet, Katu Kaiku, JAF Trio and Superposition.
