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Jazz Finland reported earlier in the fall about Signe's performance at the prestigious Londoner festival. The whole Nordic Jazz Comets five-band showcase at Barbican Centre has drawn the attention of the local jazz industry and also the Embassies of all the five countries are working together to highlight the upcoming Nordic bands.
Once again, the Yrjö awarded saxophonist, Esa Pietilä, leads his noted Liberty Ship ensemble with a new line-up on the waters of free improvisation. The ensemble’s two earlier albums were favourably reviewed both at home and abroad. Recently the ensemble debuted their new music at the Nordic Music Days in Helsinki.
Masa Orpana's ensembles release new music for two albums on Alba Records.
Saxophonist Philipp Gropper’s Philm quartet performs five concerts in Finland on 28 November to 2 December. In addition to Gropper, the top-notch ensemble consists of pianist Elias Stemeseder, bassist Robert Landfermann and Oliver Steidle.
UMO and the city of Helsinki reached an agreement about the foundation's economy and working conditions.
The album has been nominated in the categories “Special Release of the Year” and “Best Vocal Jazz Release of the Year.
"Music for Situations" is the first single from the album that celebrates the band’s ten-year anniversary.
The 37th annual Tampere Jazz Happening will begin this Thursday, 1st November, 2018. The opening concert of this year’s festival is provided free of charge for the audiences, and features altogether three Austrian ensembles: Mario Rom’s Interzone, Kompost 3, and Elektro Guzzi.
The “Ideat stemmoiksi – Big Band -sovituksen opas” is a guide for professionals as well as for people interested in the jazz music arranging. Writer MikkoToivanen is a pioneer in jazz research and operated in the field of jazz education over 35 years.
The first Sunday of November sees the premier of the first commission work of Turku Jazz Orchestra. The piece is composed by pianist-composer Henri Lyysaari, who won the Turku Jazz Orchestra composition contest in 2016. The soloist of Sunday’s concert is saxophonist and wind instrument specialist Max Zenger.
