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Eero Koivistoinen & Johanna Iivanainen & UMO: Eero 70 vuotta, juhlakonsertti at Savoy-teatteri

Courtesy of Finnish Jazz Federation | Posted on January 19, 2016

Where

Savoy-teatteri
Kasarmikatu 46-48
Helsinki
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When

Fri, January 22, 2016
09:00

Musicians

About

Eero ”Koippa” Koivistoinen turns 70 in January and kicks the year off with a series of concerts with UMO. This year also marks Koivistoinen’s 50th anniversary as an artist.
Koivistoinen, who is one of the best-known and most respected Finnish jazz musicians of all time, was one UMO’s founding members and worked as its artistic director for a time. Koivistoinen stepped into the limelight in 1969 by winning the group competition at Montreux jazz festival with his quartet. The win in Montreux resulted in a slot at the legendary Newport jazz festival in the US.
The concerts feature a cross-section of the works he’s written for big band over the decades, as well as a few new pieces and arrangements produced for this series. The material runs the gamut from Finnish jazz to African rhythms and American funk. Koivistoinen will lead the orchestra himself....

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