Timo Lassy releases a live record with a brass band on 21th February
Timo Lassy Band’s new live album is featured the brass group Ricky-Tick Big Band Brass. Record will be released in February.
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Mikko Pettinen Why Not released a double album
Multi-instrumentalist Mikko Pettinen and his band Why Not opened the new decade in Eclipse Music's catalog with their epic double album "Two Suites For The Change". Thematic album ponders the state of the world with its wide compositions and out-speaking lyrics. Album was released on 17th Jan 2020 as a vinyl-LP, CD and digitally.
Creative Music and Sound Workshop in Helsinki, March 14th-15th
"Creative Music and Sound Workshop" is held in Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki on 14th-15th March. The teacher of the course is saxophonist and composer Esa Pietilä. The course is suited for all instruments and vocalists, at all levels.
Eclipse Jazz Club’s winter programme announced
Eclipse Jazz Club announced its first concerts for this winter. Concerts are held in two venues in Tampere: G Livelab and Kulttuuriravintola Kivi. The program includes such treats as Emma-nominee Signe and album release concert of the long-awaited album by Pauli Lyytinen Magnetia Orkesteri.
New jazz vocal school founded in Helsinki
Jazz Voice School Helsinki is a vocal school founded by jazz pedagogs Josefiina Vannesluoma and Riikka Keränen. The school offers private and group lessons on singing, basics of popular music, music theory, songwriting and performance coaching. School welcomes all beginners and advanced singers to a jazz singing course starting in February 2020.
Nordic collaboration in the jazz scene is dicussed in the Jazz Breakfast event
Jazz Breakfast – Nordic collaboration
28 January 2020, 9.30am – 11.00am
The spring program of April Jazz Club now announced
Spring season 2020 of April Jazz Club presents high-quality program of international and Finnish jazz performers. Program consists of instrumental and vocal jazz, and a couple of visits to soul music with special singer legends. Concerts are held in Tapiola, Espoo.
Flame Jazz Cruise presents jazz and world music
The 16th Flame Jazz Cruise departures next week, on 25th to 26th January. This year’s theme is World Jazz and programme includes of afrobeat, progressive rock, folk music from Kaustinen, Arabic music and bossa nova, to name a few styles presented.
G Livelab Helsinki offers a a wide spectre of jazz this spring
G Livelab Helsinki’s just announced spring program offers also many jazz performers, including awarded drummer-producer Teppo Mäkynen’s band 3TM, 1960s favourites presenting Aili Ikonen & Jukka Perko Avara, Icelandic Sunna Gunlaugs Trio feat. Verneri Pohjola, and Australian jazz bassist Linda May Han Oh.
Heimojazz band exchange project brings Matīss Čudars Trio to Helsinki
Band exchange project Heimojazz (”Tribal Jazz”) by Jazz Finland and Estonian Jazz Union continues in January. As part of the exchange, the Estonian and Latvian band Matīss Čudars Trio performs on Juttutupa’s Rytmihäiriö Club on Wednesday, January 15th.