Jazz Finland Live

Grantstand Quartet:

Lauri Vihro - Guitar
Sami Nummela - Drums
Samuli Rautiainen - Piano
Mikael Saastamoinen - Double bass

https://soundcloud.com/grantstand-quartet

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Kansi Auki Piano Jazz Festival hosts international jazz music in intimate surroundings.

Kansi Auki Piano Jazz Festival is Iiro Rantala's output to culture import and increasing the number of live jazz events in Finland. The artists are internationally acclaimed, but not yet have had their tours reaching out to the Finnish soil. A small event, cozy concert hall and intensive connection to the audience offer the artists a chance to take a deep breath of rest by their own music, and feel it find its way to every heart.

The third Kansi Auki ("Lid Open") festival features pianism from Sweden, the United States and Italy, alongside the top Finnish musicians, naturally. The last concert on Sunday is especially for children. ALl the concerts take place in Music Theatre Kapsäkki and its Allotria Club.

Friday 15.11.
Music Theatre Kapsäkki
Theatre: Kari Ikonen Trio and Craig Taborn (USA)
Allotria Club: Veijo Midi

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Saxophonist Mikko Toivanen has gathered his friends on stage to celebrate his birthday. The all-star band features these musicians and many more: 

Mikko Toivanen, barytone and tenor sax

Mikko Pasanen, piano

Jarmo Hiekkala, bass

Mika Hietala, drums

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The members of this improvising trio hail from Central Finland and West Coast, but the oil that burns in this machine is drilled from the rich and organic musical ground of Pispala esker, Tampere. That's probably the reason why Black Motor sounds like a brotherhood of jazz and rock. The band narrows its influences down to "the continuum of Afro-American music, the many shades of blues ambiance, from swing to free jazz and punk rock".

Tenor saxophonist Sami Sippola, bassist Ville Rauhala and drummer Simo Laihonen have already come a long and productive way since 2005, but after nine releases and hundreds of gigs they seem to always have a bigger gear in their box to turn on. The newest album, Yöstä aamun kynnykselle (Lumpeela Records, 2013) will be released as a double vinyl in fall 2013, and they are also going to studio to record their second TUM Records album with trumpeter Verneri Pohjola.

Year 2014 also begins with two big booms: A tour in New York in January, and participating in an extensive FinnishNorwegian collaboration project, which is touring Finland in January, February and March. The project features such acclaimed musicians as drummer Paal Nilssen-Love, saxman Esa Pietilä and vocal artist Stine Janvin Motland.

The Finnish Jazz Federation (FJF) organizes five domestic tours in fall 2013. The tours are supported by the Ministry of Education
and The Finnish Music Foundation MES.

Black Motor is
Sami Sippola - tenor saxophone
Ville Rauhala - double bass
Simo Laihonen – drums
www.blackmotor.fi 

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