The concerts at the Pakkahuone venue will feature some of the most
fascinating international jazz musicians, including trumpeter Josef Leimberg, who in 2016 released his debut solo album Astral Progressions. Prior to that, Leimberg, among other things, worked as the producer for Snoop Dogg, as well as played on Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy-awarded album, To Pimp A Butterfly. Other
musicians hailing from the United States to this year’s festival
include The Art Ensemble of Chicago – whose multi-instrumentalist
players have been pioneering in African-American avant-garde jazz –
Jamie Baum Septet+, as well as Hamid Drake together with Japanese drummer Yuko Oshima.
Furthermore, this year’s Tampere Jazz Happening’s highlights encompass Nordic jazz collaborations. Rymden, formed by Magnus Öström, Dan Berglund, and Bugge Wesseltoft,
is a brand new super collective of established Scandinavian jazz
musicians. The debut album of this ensemble will be released in the
beginning of 2019. Furthermore, Norwegian saxophonist Trygve Seim will bring his new compositions to Pakkahuone, an entity of works titled Helsinki Songs. The line-up also includes The Net of Indra, lead by drummer-composer Olavi Louhivuori and featuring the distinguished Nordic musicians Juhani Aaltonen, Palle Danielsson, and Eivind Lønning.
Following the tradition of the previous years, this year’s festival
programme at Telakka will focus on the Finnish jazz scene. Saxophonist Max Zenger is
a rising Finnish jazz star, arriving to Tampere with his new quartet,
Maxxxtet. In addition, the Telakka stage will include performances by
Mopo, who performed at many music events during this summer, enchanting
listeners also outside of the jazz spheres. Mopo’s concert at the
Tampere Jazz Happening will be joined by saxophonist Mikko Innanen.
The audiences will also be treated to a performance by Halme Prospekt,
whose musical expression will be complemented by the virtuosic Pekko Käppi, a master player of the Finnish traditional bowed lyre, jouhikko.
Late night concerts at Klubi will captivate the festival-goers with
danceable grooves and rhythms. On Friday night, the Klubi stage will be
lit by the musical explosion of Ghost-Note – an orchestra that is
pushing funk music to the future and includes musicians Robert “Sput” Searight and Nate Werth from the multi-Grammy Award-winning Snarky Puppy, as well as bassist MonoNeon, who also played with Prince. This orchestra’s musical expression is an
uplifting and contagious combination of jazz, hip hop, funk, and world
music. On Saturday, the legendary Timo Lassy & Ricky-Tick Big Band
Brass will be in charge of providing the audiences with solid grooves
and tunes.
Tampere Jazz Happening 2018 will provide two concert events
completely free-of-charge for audiences. The first one is the opening
night’s Spotlight on Austria event, including performances by Mario
Rom’s Interzone, Kompost3, and Elektro Guzzi. The second one is the
final concert of this year’s festival, featuring Emma Salokoski &
Ilmiliekki Quartet, who will arrive to Tampere with their brand new
compositions.
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