WE JAZZ NEWS
Beverly Glenn-Copeland first time in Helsinki 26 Oct
We're thrilled to present the legendary Beverly Glenn-Copeland's long overdue Finland debut at Helsinki's Valkoinen sali on Monday, October 26. Tickets are available now via Tiketti.fi. Beverly Glenn-Copeland is a visionary composer, singer, and trans elder whose...
Shows added: Gigi Masin, Dungen, Bill Frisell Trio, plus more
New shows added: Italian ambient maestro Gigi Masin just announced and more in the calendar already: Kelly Moran, Dungen, Philipp Glass Ensemble, Lawrence English, The Necks, Yasuaki Shimizu, plus so many more. Check out the events section at our web site for info...
Kiri Ra! nen out now
We're thrilled to share nen by Kiri Ra! (Lau Nau, Linda Fredriksson, Matti Bye). It's an album that the band has been working on for more than 10 years, and the band describes it as music that "doesn't try to be anything". nen is out now on LP, CD, and digitally. A...
MAGAZINE
Beverly Glenn-Copeland first time in Helsinki 26 Oct
We're thrilled to present the legendary Beverly Glenn-Copeland's long overdue Finland debut at Helsinki's Valkoinen sali on Monday, October 26. Tickets are available now via Tiketti.fi. Beverly Glenn-Copeland is a visionary composer, singer, and trans elder whose...
Shows added: Gigi Masin, Dungen, Bill Frisell Trio, plus more
New shows added: Italian ambient maestro Gigi Masin just announced and more in the calendar already: Kelly Moran, Dungen, Philipp Glass Ensemble, Lawrence English, The Necks, Yasuaki Shimizu, plus so many more. Check out the events section at our web site for info...
Kiri Ra! nen out now
We're thrilled to share nen by Kiri Ra! (Lau Nau, Linda Fredriksson, Matti Bye). It's an album that the band has been working on for more than 10 years, and the band describes it as music that "doesn't try to be anything". nen is out now on LP, CD, and digitally. A...
ARTISTS
Goran Kajfeš Subtropic Arkestra
Agent:Teemu Markkula / teemu@wejazz.fi / +358 40 763 371 “A fresh breeze of disruption and seduction.” This is how trumpet player Goran Kajfeš was described by newspaper Dagens Nyheter in the motivation for his 2025 Culture Prize nomination. Goran Kajfeš Subtropic...
Goran Kajfeš Tropiques
Agent:Teemu Markkula / teemu@wejazz.fi / +358 40 763 3710 The Goran Kajfeš Tropiques quartet consists of Goran Kajfeš (trumpet, synthesizer), Alexander Zethson (piano, organ, synthesizer), Johan Berthling (acoustic bass) and Johan Holmegard (drums) – each a key member...
Islaja
Agent: Teemu Markkula / teemu@wejazz.fi / +358 40 763 3710 Islaja is Merja Kokkonen: a composer, performer and recording artist who after living and working in Berlin for over a decade, is now in 2024 permanently back in Helsinki Finland. Since her debut in...
Kannaste4
Agent: Teemu Markkula / teemu@wejazz.fi / +358 40 763 3710 Helsinki tenor saxophonist Jussi Kannaste's debut album as a band leader has been a long time coming. A top musician in the local scene revered by his contemporaries and sought after as a band...
Kaukolampi
Agents:Teemu Markkula / teemu@wejazz.fi / +358 40 763 3710Antti Hietala / antti@wejazz.fi / +358 44 560 8969 What do you get when you fuse the headiness of kosmische with the visceral impact of techno, the intensity of metal with the churning power of dark ambient?...
Kiri Ra!
Agent: Teemu Markkula / teemu@wejazz.fi / +358 40 763 3710 Lau Nau (Laura Naukkarinen), Linda Fredriksson and Matti Bye form Kiri Ra!, a trio that creates their sound slowly, in a process of improvisation and discovery. Filtered through the musicians’ long-standing...
Olli Ahvenlahti New Quintet
Agent: Teemu Markkula / teemu@wejazz.fi / +358 40 763 3710 Olli Ahvenlahti is a Finnish jazz legend and a pianist-composer. Championed by the likes of Gilles Peterson and Kenny Dope, Ahvenlahti is a master of hard-grooving jazz funk. Here, he continues the evolution...
On Fillmore
Agent: Teemu Markkula / teemu@wejazz.fi / +358 40 763 3710On Fillmore is the long-running duo (1999 - present) of percussionist Glenn Kotche (Wilco) and bassist Darin Gray. Both are also part of the We Jazz Records recording ensemble Saccata Quartet. The duo have...
Paal Nilssen-Love & Raoul Björkenheim
Agent:Teemu Markkula / teemu@wejazz.fi / +358 40 763 371 Drummer Paal Nilssen-Love and guitarist Raoul Björkenheim are a powerhouse duo of creative music. While both are members of the legendary Scorch Trio, plus countless other formations, their lean duo formation...
The Stance Brothers
Agents:Teemu Markkula / teemu@wejazz.fi / +358 40 763 3710Antti Hietala / antti@wejazz.fi / +358 44 560 8969 The basic core of The Stance Brothers is to be solo studio vehicle for Teppo Mäkynen to experiment across a varied instrumentation and musical ideas. Since the...