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Sibis Jazz Faculty: Dizzy 100 years! at Musiikkitalo

Courtesy of Finnish Jazz Federation | Posted on January 20, 2017

Where

Musiikkitalo
Mannerheimintie 13 A, 00100
Helsinki
Map
+358 20 7070400

When

Tue, February 28, 2017
12:00

About



The Department of Jazz at the Sibelius Academy celebrates the centenary of Dizzy Gillespie (1917–1993), one of the great innovators of jazz and a dazzling instrumentalist who took trumpet playing to a new level. He was not only uncompromising in his art but also a showman with a sense of humour. This celebration concert features seven of Finland’s finest trumpet players, who have each chosen their favourite Gillespie works to perform.





Jukka Eskola, Mikko ”Gunu” Karjalainen, Kalevi Louhivuori, Teemu Mattsson, Mikko Pettinen, Verneri Pohjola and Tero Saarti, trumpet...

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