Jazz Finland Live

Koko Jazz Club takes a two-week journey on the Trane this May. On the sax who else but Joonatan Rautio.

Joonatan Rautio, sax
Alexi Tuomarila, piano
Mika Kallio, drums
Timo Hirvonen, bass

Tickets 15/10 €

Open event

"All Rise" album release concert 
Tickets 21/18€ + fees

The Northern Governors is a new supergroup from Finland. Flicking through the band’s member-list is like reading the who’s who of Finnish jazz and soul music. TNG is a musical bloodline, formed by cousins, who started playing together and soon realised that they shared the same vision and passion for music.

The band’s first single ”Happy Souls” was released in June 2011 and the second single ”Set Me Free”, featuring rapper Redrama in October 2011. The debut album "This is The Northern Governors" was released in March 2012 on the legendary Blue Note-label.

Their second album, "All Rise" was released in April 2015.

Open event

Tickets 15/10/6 €

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”

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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

Open event