Jazz Finland Live

Open event

Kasperi Sarikoski & Nuance is a newish group, formed by young Finnish musicians equipped with first-class expressive skill. In their music, the band fuses the traditional building blocks of jazz and today's rhythms and sounds together. Despite drawing from the fields of rock and pop music, they do not hold eclecticism as a value in itself, but as a compass for arriving at their own, individual sound.

The quintet's sonic palette incorporates a wide variety of different tones and timbres, created in both acoustic and electric instruments and effects. The composer-trombonist Sarikoski's hand can be heard in the lyrical melodies and in the fragile, affecting moments; however, the group's unique sound emerges only when each of the five players adds his own personality in.

The concert is one of the two album-launching shows celebrating the release of their debut, Essence.

Duration 70 min, no interval. Tickets 13/9€.

Organised by City of Helsinki Cultural Office

Artturi Rönkä - piano
Jere Haakana - guitar
Jonatan Sarikoski - drums
Kasperi Sarikoski - trombone
Vesa Ojaniemi - bass

Open event

Tickets 10 €

There is no barrier between jazz and contemporary music, but a gap, an open space, which activates the imagination and enables spontaneous creation. This applies to the composer and the performing musician 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 – what to play and when, whether to lead or accompany, to play or not to play that particular note at that particular moment – whilst keeping in mind the piece as a whole and responding to the moves of the collective, an organic entity that he is a part of.

The group released their debut album Outer Space (SatnaMusic) in November 2014.

“Their sound was extremely pleasant to the ear live – the context of improvised music did particular justice to Nikula’s bass clarinet.”
- Pasi Virtanen in his blog, “Jazzpossu”

http://www.sidhille.com
Watch a video: http://vimeo.com/114654969

Tour Dates:

5.5. Akustiikka, Ylivieska, at 7.00pm
6.5. Validi Karkia -klubi, Porin kaupunginkirjasto, Pori, at 7.00pm
7.5. Pitskun kulttuurikirkko, Helsinki, at 7.00pm
8.5. Flame Jazz, Åbo Svenska Teater, Café Tiljan, Turku, at 9.00pm
9.5. Teater No99, Tallinna, at 9.30pm
12.5. Musiikkilukion konserttisali, Kaustinen, at 3.00pm
12.5. Konservatorion sali, Kokkola, at 7.30pm
13.5. Nurmes-talo, Nurmes, at 7.00pm
14.5. Konservatorion sali, Joensuu, at 7.00pm
15.5. Musiikkikeskus, Jazzklubi, Kuopio, at 9.30pm
16.5. Pikkuteatteri, Lahti, at 7.00pm

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