Jazz Finland Live

Tomi Salesvuo East Funk Attack is a new group founded in 2013. With this energetic band drummer Salesvuo is proud to introduce a funk collection of new youngsters together with monster musicians like guitarist Marzi Nyman. They released their debut album EFA in August 2014 on Satomusic label.

Founding a bigger group to realise his vision of a contemporary funk sound had been ripening on Salesvuo's mind for two years before the birth of East Funk Attack. This vision includes combing the joy of playing, compelling melodies, hypnotic rhythms and the improvisational freedom of jazz into one irresistible musical package. With the East Funk Attack he has been able to turn his ideas into all this and more.

"To play music with energy and dynamics, to make music that happens here and now, and with musicians without genre frontiers is one of my foremost missions, challenges and dreams in life! When you play music with a nine-piece orchestra like East Funk Attack, you have a great chance to really lock in the groove and make your moves tight. Playing a steady funk groove with just one chord and breathing the hypnotic beat with your band mates is an unbelievable feeling”, describes Salesvuo.

Anniina Karjalainen, vocals
Kasperi Kallio, rhodes & keyboards
Roope Löflund, saxophone
Mari Talala, trumpet
Marzi Nyman, guitar
Matias Kiiveri, rhythm guitar
Eero Uurtimo, bass
Joonas Kaikko, percussion
Tomi Salesvuo, drums

Tickets 10 €

Open event

Jazz society Riverside Jazz celebrates its 25th anniversary in autumn 2014. Sid Hille Contemporary Collective performs at the anniversary concert at Musiikkitalo, Tornio.

Pianist-composer describes their music as follows: "There is no wall between jazz and contemporary music but a crack, an open space, which activates the imagination and enables spontaneous creation. This applies to the composer and the artist alike. When the musician improvises, on his own or as part of an ensemble, he follows the map, the structure created by the composer, making decisions in a fraction of a second."

Jazz, improvisation and contemporary music meet on a no-man's land in this concert.

Teemu Viinikainen – guitar
Sid Hille – piano
Maija Linkola – violin
Elina Viitasaari – violin
Lotta Poijärvi – alto violin
Markus Hohti – cello

Organised by Riverside Jazz and Pop & Jazz Conservatory Lappia.

Tickets: 20/10 € (students, pensioners) 15 € (members of Riverside Jazz and Haparanda Teaterförening)

Open event

Jussi Fredriksson piano
Jori Huhtala bass
Mika Kallio drums

Open event