Jazz Finland Live

Founded in 2018, The Watercolors paints elegant jazz aquarelles, borrowing tonal colors from both African American jazz and Western art music. The spontaneous improvisation of jazz, rich harmonies and swinging rhythm can be heard in their music, as well as the sensitivity brought by ensemble’s unique composition. The oboe and the cor anglais are played by Janne Saarinen, who has also composed the band's music.  

Janne Saarinen – oboe, cor anglais, Ilkka Uksila – vibraphone, Joonas Tuuri – double basso, Joonas Leppänen – drums 

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Saxophonist Adele Sauros has led their 2012-founded quartet into two acclaimed albums of their original compositions. The third album, I Paint You, will be released in the summer of 2021 on the international Fresh Sounds Records label. Sauros is known to boldly combine different styles in her compositions, which draw inspiration both from Nordic and American jazz traditions and are tinted with Nordic melancholy. Sauros’ compositions on the new album are inspired by her life in London during 2018 and 2019, time just before the pandemic. 

Adele Sauros – tenor sax, Toomas Keski-Säntti – piano, Vesa Ojaniemi – double bass, Tuomas Timonen – drums, Kasperi Sarikoski – trombone 

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Founded in 2016, Helsinki-based Viba is a band that moves in the twilight zone of genre boundaries. Pop, jazz, and prog rock are living naturally in the same universe in the compositions of singer-songwriter Virva Immonen. In their lyrics Immonen persistently seeks a way to describe their inner world as honestly as possible, enjoying the clashes of everyday life and surrealism. The band’s playful approach to Immonen's songs forms the Viba-sound, where synthesizers and various effects blend into the band's modern expression. 

Virva Immonen – vocals, Toomas Keski-Säntti – keyboards, Oskari Siirtola – bass, Okko Saastamoinen – drums 

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