April Jazz Club
April Jazz Club is our more intimate series of concerts held in Tapiola.
April Jazz Club at Original Sokos Hotel Tapiola Garden brings best of jazz to the atmospheric surroundings in the heart of Tapiola. Food and beverages by Restaurant Grill It! are served during the concerts. If you wish to eat during the concert, it is recommended to reserve a table.
Concerts are opened by Espoo Music Institute’s Pop and Jazz Department Ebeli.
Tickets are available at Lippu.fi. A limited number of Kaikukortti tickets are available for concerts at Lippu.fi ticket outlets and ticket sales at the venue. More information: Espoo Kaikukortti.
April Jazz Club + WeeGee brings live music to a museum.
April Jazz Club + WeeGee concerts series is held at the Espoo Museum of Modern Art EMMA. April Jazz Club + WeeGee is a co-production with Exhibition Centre WeeGee and EMMA. Free entry!
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April Jazz Club + WeeGee: Mikko Innanen & Ingebrigt Håker Flaten
7.2.2025 6.30 pm
Exhibition Centre WeeGeeFree entry!
Saxophonist Mikko Innanen first met Norwegian bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten at the turn of the millennium, and the duo first played together at Raahe Jazz on the Beach in 2006.
Many years passed before their next performance together in December 2023, but again, it was worth the wait. Ingebrigt and Mikko are musical kindred spirits, and their duo concert is full of genuine improvisation, deep emotion, strong energy and surprising twists and turns.
Both Innanen and Håker Flaten represent the sharpest edge of their instruments. These multi-award-winning composer-musicians are known not only for their own bands but also for many other ensembles such as Atomic, The Thing, Antti Lötjänen Quintet East and Kalle Kalima K-18.
Mikko Innannen - saxophones
Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (NO) - bass -
April Jazz Club + WeeGee: Silva Kallionpää Quartet
7.3.2025 6.30 pm
Exhibition Centre WeeGeeFree entry!
The Silva Kallionpää Quartet, a fusion of four original musicians that has been active since 2017, is not afraid to test its limits. The group's unique collective sound and formula-breaking expression both touch and challenge listeners universally, regardless of background. Compositions that draw from modern jazz and sometimes end up on undefined paths frame the ensemble's conversational work. In Kallionpää's musical language, her open-minded views are outlined by influences not only from jazz but also from art pop and electronic music.
Silva Kallionpää Quartet's debut album Unadaptable, released in 2022, was well received and the group has attracted interest in both the domestic and European jazz communities. Since its release, the ensemble has reached audiences at festivals such as ILMIÖ, Raahe Jazz on the Beach, Odysseus Festival main stage, We Jazz, Tampere Jazz Happening and Pori Jazz.
The evening will include the best of the Unadaptable album, but also premieres of brand new songs.
Silva Kallionpää - violin, compositions
Nikita Rafaelov - keyboards, sampler Juuso Rinta - double bass
Joonas Leppänen - drums -
April Jazz Club + WeeGee: Jonathan Bäckström Quartet
4.4.2025 6.30 pm
Exhibition Centre WeeGeeFree entry!
Jonathan Bäckström Quartet is an acoustic improvising Finnish-Swedish ensemble led by Kruunupyy-based bassist-composer Jonathan Bäckström. The company's debut album was released in 2024 on the Finnish label We Jazz Records. The quartet's expression ranges from minimalist soundscapes to explosive and multi-layered free improvisation. Each musician brings their own unique voice to the concoction and the collective result is a powerful musical statement. Bäckström will be joined on tour by alto saxophonist Marcus Wärnheim, tenor saxophonist Adele Sauros and drummer Joonas Leppänen, who will be filling in for Benjamin Nylund in this concert.
Jonathan Bäckström - bass
Adele Sauros - tenor saxophone
Marcus Wärnheim - alto saxophone
Joonas Leppänen - drums
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