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Beauty And The Beast

Label: Beta
Released: 2010

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Article: Live Review

Tampere Jazz Happening 2010: Day 2, November 5, 2010

Read "Tampere Jazz Happening 2010: Day 2, November 5, 2010" reviewed by John Kelman


Day 1 | Day 2 | Days 3-4 Tampere Jazz HappeningTampere, FinlandNovember 4-7, 2010 Day two of Tampere Jazz Happening kicked the festival into high gear, with a terrific line-up at both the festival's primary venues: Pakkahuone's Old Customs House Hall, which seats upwards of a thousand people and is used ...

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The Sky Is Ruby

Label: Beta
Released: 2007

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Sauna Palaa!

Label: UMOCD
Released: 2006
Track listing: Otava; Kivi Palaa; Kalvean Immen Tarina; Stenvall; Kuu Ulvoo; Kivelle; Simeoni (73:51).

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Article: Album Review

UMO Jazz Orchestra: Sauna Palaa!

Read "Sauna Palaa!" reviewed by Jack Bowers


In Finland, world-class big band jazz is spelled UMO. The country's premier large ensemble, now ably conducted by Kirmo Lintinen, has been defining big band jazz with a Scandinavian accent for more than three decades. The group's latest album, Sauna Palaa!, encompasses seven original compositions by as many Finnish composers (including one by Lintinen) inspired by ...

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Sauna palaa!

Label: Beta
Released: 2005

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UMO Plays Frank Zappa

Label:
Released: 2004
Track listing: Peaches en Regalia; The Idiot Bastard Son; Sofa; King Kong (16:36)

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Article: Album Review

The UMO Jazz Orchestra: UMO Plays Frank Zappa

Read "UMO Plays Frank Zappa" reviewed by Jack Bowers


With a playing time of 16:36 and no liner notes or list of personnel, this brief survey by Finland’s UMO Jazz Orchestra of the music of Frank Zappa is more a demo than a full-fledged album, but I can’t grasp who is being promoted. According to its cover, the album “Features Marzi Nyman,” but as I’m ...

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Transit People

Label: Beta
Released: 2001

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Article: Album Review

UMO Jazz Orchestra: Transit People

Read "Transit People" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


The spirit of John Coltrane shines brightly through the UMO Jazz Orchestra. The UMO Jazz orchestra made their Naxos Jazz debut among the first six releases from the new label in 1998 with their self-titled disc ( UMO Orchestra, Naxos Jazz 86010). The orchestra performed a bright progressive type of big band jazz that listeners have ...


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