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Telakka Jazz 2025: Finland’s Second City Gets Spiritual
by Rob Garratt
Telakka Jazz 2025 Ravintola Telakka Tampere, Finland January 3-4, 2025 “Tampere is the heart of the Finnish jazz scene," a Helsinki record shop clerk proudly told me, when I announced I was heading north for the former, smaller city's Telakka Jazz fest. “In that case, Helsinki is the head," another hip capital dweller would retort, when I repeated this claim a day later. You would be forgiven for ...
Continue ReadingJAF Trio: JAF Trio
by Friedrich Kunzmann
JAF Trio's eponymous debut outing is filled with tight drumbeats, striding bass walks and quirky sax lines sliding down slippery slopes. The young Danish-Finish outfit, composed of saxophonist Adele Sauros, Joonas Tuuri on bass and drummer Frederik Emil Bulow, offers a first glimpse into their studio work after having performed together on several occasions over the last few years. Sauros' influence from working with the group Superposition and Turi's contributing to the Bowman Trio--two ensembles who each recently released their ...
Continue ReadingSuperposition: Superposition
by Friedrich Kunzmann
This outing by Helsinki-based jazz group Superposition is as bold as debut records come. In place of catchy melodies, the reeds focus on odd lines composed of small intervals. Instead of comfortable swing and funky shuffles, bass-and snare-drum work up a choppy sweat to wild cymbal blows. Not to mention the unstoppable double-bass fingers, running up and down the frets like a bullet climbing a staircase. Over the span of eight original compositions, Superposition presents an unquenchable thirst for the ...
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