Jazz Finland Live

Tickets 20/15€ + service charges.

Klo 17:30 - doors
Klo 18:00 - Ebeli Show
Klo 19:00 - EVOLUTION - Andreas Schaerer / Kalle Kalima

Swiss vocalist and vocal acrobat Andreas Schaerer and Finnish guitarist Kalle Kalima are both internationally recognized, distinctive artists in the field of jazz. They have collaborated for years, including in the A Novel Of Anomaly quartet. Now, on their new album Evolution, we get to hear new facets of them. Evolution features jazz ballads written by Andreas Schaerer, Kalle Kalima, and Essi Kalima, exploring even personal experiences and thoughts. Schaerer, known for his acrobatic use of voice, now reveals an even more melodic side, and alongside Kalle Kalima's incredible technical prowess, we hear deep emotion, all while not forgetting the musical complexity and catchiness characteristic of both Schaerer and Kalima.

Andreas Schaerer - vocals, beatboxing
Kalle Kalima - guitar

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Jazz’n philosophy! The award-winning Dutch composer, master clarinettist and Nietzsche enthusiast Joris Roelofs features UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra at Tanssin talo’s Pannuhalli on November 10th, 2023. The visit is part of the international jazz residency in Helsinki. The concert features Roelofs' compositions as big band arrangements, as well as a new commissioned peace for UMO. Conductor Ed Partyka.

Clarinettist, flutist and saxophonist Joris Roelofs (b. 1984) is known above all as a versatile musician. He’s also a composer and pedagogue who studies the relationship between Nietzsche's philosophy and music, and has composed works based on Nietzsche's philosophy. Roelofs is currently working on a PhD dissertation on Friedrich Nietzsche, improvisation and the notion of freedom. He teaches a master’s course on music and philosophy, “Freedom and Improvisation”. His lectures “Great Philosophers on Music” and “Nietzsche’s Muses” also explore the relationship between these topics. Roelofs writes philosophical essays and articles on Nietzsche-related topics (https://poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?url=article&id=3287461&journal_code=TVF). He is also a member of the International Nietzsche Research Group in Stuttgart, Germany. Roelofs has been a member of the Concertgebouw Jazz Orchestra and the Vienna Art Orchestra and collaborated with Brad Mehldau, Lionel Loueke and the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, among many others. Roelofs chairs the clarinet department (jazz) at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. www.jorisroelofs.com

The visit is part of the international Jazz Finland Residency in Helsinki launched by the Finnish Jazz Federation, Sibelius Academy Jazz Music Department at Uniarts Helsinki, UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra and the Finnish Musicians' Union. The Residence, coordinated and managed by the Jazz Federation, annually invites two international artist guests to Finland for a period of 1–2 months. The residency program includes holding master classes at Sibelius Academy and performing together with UMO. The residence's partners are also Music Finland, Finnish Jazz Musicians association and the HIAP Helsinki International Artist Program. www.jazzfinlandresidency.fi

“Amsterdam-based clarinettist Joris Roelofs has built his career balancing intense discipline and deep commitment to post-bop tradition with a measured exploratory streak.” – DownBeat 

Photo: Hielke Grootendorst

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Pauli Lyytinen: tenor, alto, and soprano saxophone, live electronics, mellotron, sampler

“Lyytinen’s playing has such liveliness and class that you can listen to him for all evening without getting bored for a moment.” – Written in Music

Saxophonist Pauli Lyytinen will release his second solo album ´Lehto|Korpi´ on the We Jazz label in the fall of 2023. In his solo project (2012-), the saxophonist takes his instrument to its limits. In his hands, the saxophone is at the same time both a bass, a harmony instrument and a soloist instrument, often also a rhythmic element. Lyytinen conjures whole musical worlds, sometimes with effects, sometimes completely acoustic. Making the new album has been a long process, during which Lyytinen has e.g. played and recorded in nature with whooper swans and nightingales.

Pauli Lyytinen is a comprehensive musician and composer who works especially in jazz, experimental, electroacoustic and contemporary music. Lyytinen’s active ensembles are Pauli Lyytinen (solo), Pauli Lyytinen & Niillas Holmberg, Pauli Lyytinen Rabbit Hole (FI/NO/CH), Pauli Lyytinen Magnetia Orkesteri, Elifantree and Sole Azul.

Photo: Tero Ahonen

The concert is supported by City of Helsinki, Svenska Kulturfonden, The Finnish Music Foundation and The Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike).

Tickets: Adults 15 €. Seniors, unemployed and members of Helsinki Jazz ry € 12. Students 10 €. For two 12 + 12 €.

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Tickets €20

Saxophone legend Eero Koivistoinen is making a long-awaited return to perform in Hämeenlinna. The stage of Suistoklubi will be graced by the Eero Koivistoinen Quartet, a group that has been playing together for a decade. The collaboration of this quartet, composed of some of the top talents in the Finnish jazz scene, is impeccably tight yet airy and leaves room for each other.

The quartet's grooves are laid down by the rhythm section duo of Jori Huhtala and Jussi Lehtonen, while the perfect ensemble jazz comes together with Alexi Tuomarila's piano artistry and Eero Koivistoinen's saxophone mastery. Over the course of ten years, the quartet has released three albums: Hati Hati (2012), Illusion (2017), and Diversity (2022).

Eero Koivistoinen – saxophone
Alexi Tuomarila – piano
Jori Huhtala – bass
Jussi Lehtonen – drums

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