Jazz Finland Live

Vibraphonist Panu Savolainen’s jazz trio Herd celebrates its ten-year journey with an extensive tour in Finland. Herd released the critically acclaimed album X last February and is now heading on tour from 8 October until 31 October. Fourteen cities covering tour is produced together with Jazz Finland.

Herd was founded in 2009 between Savolainen, bassist Mikko Pellinen and drummer Tuomas Timonen. Trio is especially known of numerous collaboration projects, most famous being the Jazzbasilli with vocalist Aili Ikonen. Their debut album Live!! was released 2011 and the same year they won the distinguished European Jazz Competition at the North Sea Jazz festival in the Netherlands. They have hosted their own HERD club nights at National Theatre and toured in Australia in 2015 and in Ethiopia between 2016 and 2017.

With the original compositions of the band members, Herd returns to its roots to multidimensional, melancholy and beautiful trio play with its new X album. The album recorded in July 2018 boldly exploits the possibilities of studio technology, although on live concerts the band still relies on the acoustic swing.

Panu Savolainen, vibraphone 
Mikko Pellinen, ukulele bass 
Tuomas Timonen, drums

www.facebook.com/herdtrio
www.instagram.com/herdtrio
www.panusavolainen.com/herd

Open event

Jazz guitarist Kari Antila (BE) and New New Trio on tour in October Two Finns, Smalls Jazz Club in New York City 2018, waiting in a line. What are the odds to meet in these circumstances! From this point of view, they started their collaboration. Sometimes life can guide us to directions we can't foresee. After randomly meeting in a line of Smalls Jazz Club and getting to know each other over a cold beer, they noticed sharing common thoughts in life and art. Three weeks from that, they played their first gig together at Spectrum, Brooklyn NYC. "I remember my exact feeling when I met Tuomo at the very first time. I've had a feeling that we have been friends from the childhood or something. We shared a common thoughts in life and being a musician. After to our first playing session I felt that we have to continue this beautiful journey together somehow, says Tomi" New New Trio is co-lead by New York-based pianist Tuomo Uusitalo and drummer Tomi Kämäräinen, who currently resides in Denmark. The group performs original music from the band members, influenced by nordic culture and music, as well as being rooted in jazz tradition. New New Trio will be collaborating with guitarist Kari Antila in October 2019, touring in Finland, Estonia and Latvia. On this tour you can also hear New York-based bassist Kaisa Mäensivu. Kaisa is known from groups such as Kaisa's Machine, Signe, also she was the recipient of the 2018 award 'Pori Jazz Rising Star'. In continuation of the first gig, New New Trio plays a tour in October 2019 in Finland, Estonia and Latvia between 23-30.10.2019.

Tour:
Wed 23.10. Pori, Validi Karkia Klubi
Thu 24.10. Salo, Bar Bizarre
Fri 25.10. Latvia, Trompete
Sat 26.10. Tallinn, Philly Joes’s
Sun 27.10. Helsinki, Tenho Restobar
Mon 28.10. Turku, Ricabar
Tue 29.10. Kajaani, Kouta-Sali
Wed 30.10. Hämeenlinna, Suistoklubi

Tickets 12€/5€, members 10€

Open event