Verneri Pohjola / Aki Rissanen 4 at Koko Jazz Club

Find the hidden treasure in Helsinki for your jazzy day off! Koko Jazz Club hosts some of the finest jazz artist in the world. It is a club run by musicians, which is why some of the very best artists, such as Dave Liebman, Joey Calderazzo, Jeff Watts, Adam Nussbaum and Tim Hagans, hit the stage when they are around. The artistic guideline of the programme is modern mainstream. Check out the musicians' favourite in Helsinki, next to Hakaniemi subway stop.
Pianist Aki Rissanen (b. 1980) has been quickly rising among the few top forces of the instrument in Finnish jazz. Although originally classically trained he has always had a heart for improvised music. In addition to his merits in the Solo Piano Competition at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland and La Defense competition in France, Rissanen is known for his works with Verneri Pohjola on ACT Music in Germany. He has released 5 albums under his own name and is gaining growing attention in the European jazz scene....

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Find the hidden treasure in Helsinki for your jazzy day off! Koko Jazz Club hosts some of the finest jazz artist in the world. It is a club run by musicians, which is why some of the very best artists, such as Dave Liebman, Joey Calderazzo, Jeff Watts, Adam Nussbaum and Tim Hagans, hit the stage when they are around. The artistic guideline of the programme is modern mainstream. Check out the musicians' favourite in Helsinki, next to Hakaniemi subway stop.
Pianist Aki Rissanen (b. 1980) has been quickly rising among the few top forces of the instrument in Finnish jazz. Although originally classically trained he has always had a heart for improvised music. In addition to his merits in the Solo Piano Competition at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland and La Defense competition in France, Rissanen is known for his works with Verneri Pohjola on ACT Music in Germany. He has released 5 albums under his own name and is gaining growing attention in the European jazz scene.
Trumpeter and composer Verneri Pohjola has been in the international spotlight for the past few years and is acknowledged as a jazz star in the making. Having released his two previous albums on the German ACT label to huge critical acclaim, including a five star review from The Guardian, he is now set to fulfill his enormous creative potential.
The pair drummer Jussi Lehtonen and bassist Timo Hirvonen has made the tightest rhythm section for 20 years. Changing rhythmic textures are these guys' specialty.
Verneri Pohjola, trumpetAki Rissanen, pianoTimo Hirvonen, bassJussi Lehtonen, drums
Tickets 20 €Doors open at 20.30

Kesäisessä Helsingissä on hienoa yllättää itsensä. Koko Jazz Clubilla tapaat modernin jazzin mielenkiintoisimmmat nimet. Tule tsekkaamaan kaupungin iltaelämän salainen helmi!
Pianisti Aki Rissasen uusin julkaisu Amorandom on saanut loistoarvostelut muun muassa Guardianissa. Häntä on povattu seuraavaksi jazzpianon suureksi nimeksi niin kriitikoiden kuin muusikoiden keskuudessa: muun muassa Dave Liebman on suitsuttanut vuolaasti Rissasen muusikkoutta.Trumpetisti Verneri Pohjolan ura on nousukiidossa niin koti- kuin ulkomailla. Yhteistyö Rissasen kanssa on huipentunut Pohjolan omalla yhtyeellä ja hänen kehutulla Bullhorn-levyllään.
Rumpali Jussi Lehtonen ja basisti Timo Hirvonen ovat muodostaneet komppiparin jo pian 20 vuotta. Alati muuntuvat rytmiset tekstuurit ja kyky tukea musiikillisia ympäristöjä ovat tämän kaksikon suvereeni vahvuus.
Koko Jazz Clubilla kvartetti paahtaa kaksi iltaa putkeen, tervetuloa heatiin!
Verneri Pohjola, trumpettiAki Rissanen, pianoTimo Hirvonen, bassoJussi Lehtonen, rummut
Liput 20 €

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