Jazz Finland Live

Tickets: €49, pre-bookings at kukkesand@hotmail.com

British multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improviser Fred Frith is coming to Pori with Portuguese trumpeter Susana Santos Silva. With a career spanning over 50 years and hundreds of albums, Frith is known for his collaborations with John Zorn, Syd Barrett, Mike Oldfield, Brian Eno, and Viktoria Mullova.

The evening will be opened by Tampo, a Tampere-based supergroup playing music described as "coconut tango."

FRED FRITH & SUSANA SANTOS SILVA

The duo's story began with a meeting at a workshop in Porto in 2011. Since then, Susana has been involved in several of Fred's projects, including a quartet with Chris Cutler and Heike Liss, as well as recent appearances as a guest with the Fred Frith Trio. The Météo Festival proposed a duo gig, which seemed like a very logical step. The performance was recorded by French radio, and in 2023, the Rogu'Art record label released the album Laying Demons to Rest, which has received considerable acclaim. This tour gives the duo the opportunity to deepen their musical relationship and explore the limitless possibilities of this unusual instrumentation.

TAMPO

Tampo, operating in Tampere, is an instrumental band playing the music of Kusti Vuorinen. Their music has been described as 'coconut tango.' This description is apt in that the material seamlessly cuts through old tangos and Caribbean swing without regard to era or style rules. This can be confirmed by listening to the TampoMambo live album released by Karkia Mistika (2019).

Fred Frith - electric guitar
Susana Santos Silva - trumpet

TAMPO (Tre)
Kusti Vuorinen - organ
Safka Pekkonen - accordion
Ville Vallila - bass
Janne Moilanen - percussion
Konsta Eskelinen - balafon
Pentti Dassum - balafon