Jazz Finland coordinates a pilot project, where 14 Nordic jazz clubs and festivals, 5 jazz ensembles and 5 jazz organizations pull together to promote greener jazz touring and events. The bands are featured in a free stream of live concerts from five different cities on December 2. The Nordic Jazz Comets showcase is part of the programme of We Jazz 2020 festival, and the concert of the Finnish act Kadi Vija Key Project, is streamed live from G Livelab in Helsinki.
In the 2-year pilot project, funded by five national jazz organizations and the Nordic Culture Fund, the Nordic Jazz Comets bands meet the new Nordic network of 14 jazz promotors, to work together to build more sustainable and vibrant Nordic jazz culture.
The network selected five bands out of 80 applicants to perform at the Nordic Jazz Comets showcase and to participate in the touring project. The five ensembles, Svaneborg Kardyb (DEN), Post-sun-vision (SWE), Ingibjörg Turchi Band (ICE), Kjetil Mulelid Trio (NOR) and Kadi Vija Key Project (FIN) will be presented in a live stream showcase on December 2, as part of the We Jazz 2020 festival. Each group will invite the audience to enjoy concerts from their home cities. The last act of the showcase, Kadi Vija Key Project, brings the Nordic music adventure back to Helsinki, as they will play live at We Jazz 2020 festival in G Livelab. The online event is hosted by Nordic jazz associations FIH Music School, JazzDanmark, Jazz Finland, Norsk Jazzforum and Svensk Jazz.
The network, bands and organizations assemble for a day-long webinar-workshop on December 3, to learn and share best practices in environmentally sustainable events and touring. The topics include the concrete sectors of consumption, like energy, transportation, materials, food, waste, offsets, but also the network focuses on transformative change in thinking and routines, partnerships and promotion. The key exercise is to work together and plan five pilot tours in the Nordic region in the fall of 2021. The workshop is facilitated by Positive Impact Ltd., who have consulted the project since its beginning, in January 2020.
Learn more about the bands and the project at www.nordicjazzcomets.com
Nordic Jazz Comets Showcase Stream
Svaneborg Kardyb (DEN)
Post-sun-vision (SWE)
Ingibjörg Turchi Band (ICE)
Kjetil Mulelid Trio (NOR)
Kadi Vija Key Project (FIN)
+ We Jazz 2020: Jukka Perko Presents (FIN)
Wed, December 2 at 5.45–10.30pm
Free stream at https://www.youtube.com/user/wejazzhelsinki
nordicjazzcomets.com
wejazz.fi/2020