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Trombonist Katja Toivola has been acquainted with the music styles of New Orleans for over fifteen years. She made her first visit to the Crescent City in 1995, and now divides her time between her two hometowns: Helsinki and New Orleans. Toivola has played with the Riverside Rascals, a popular Finnish jazz band since 1996, and has been leading her own bands; the New Orleans Helsinki Connection and the Spirit Of New Orleans since 2001. In July 2002, Toivola performed in Switzerland with the German Wim's Paradise Jazz Band and in February 2006 and December 2007 in France with Patrick Bensoussan's Big Beat Band
New Orleans Helsinki Connection - Together Again: At Last!
This April will be the first time in years that New Orleans Helsinki Connection's original lineup, featured on the band's debut album “At Last," is playing together. The all star band was first conceived in the summer of 2001 when Tricia Boutté, Katja Toivola, and Thomas Rönnholm were on a lengthy tour in Finland. One night, ...
New Orleans Helsinki Connection Releases New Album Paradise On Earth
It’s been eight years since their debut album At Last and now; another collaboration from this diverse ensemble once again ferrying jazz lovers to a better understanding of musical intimacy. Along with a fresh set of titles, the band’s lineup is also slightly augmented on this new, captivating recording. Finnish based drummer and co-founder of the ...
New Orleans Jazz 95 Miles North of the Arctic Circle
Leroy Jones and Spirit of New Orleans are playing Ylläs Jazz Blues, one of the world's northernmost jazz festivals in Finnish Lapland. Helsinki-based group Spirit Of New Orleans (SONO) is headed to Ylläs in the end of January with one of New Orleans' top trumpeters, Leroy Jones, as its soloist. Ylläs Jazz Blues is one of ...
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