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Linnajazz-klubi: Kokko Quartet at Suistoklubi

Courtesy of Finnish Jazz Federation | Posted on April 27, 2022

Where

Suistoklubi
Viipurintie 4, 13200
Hämeenlinna
Map
+358 3 6120266

When

Sat, May 7, 2022
17:00

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Musicians

About

Tickets 22 €
The Linnajazz Club in May will be conquered by Kokko Quartet, a jazz band founded in 2010 in Helsinki.
Kokko Quartet has performed at the most important domestic festivals (e.g. Pori Jazz, Flow Festival) and toured in Australia, Germany and the Czech Republic, among others. From the very beginning, it was clear that the band's music couldn't be compartmentalized, it slipped lightly across musical genre boundaries.
The name of the band contains a reference to Kalevala poetry, where Kokko means giant eagle. There are also many references to Nordic lyricism in the band's music, the melodies have both airiness and depth. However, inspiration and influences have come from Indian and Arabic music as well as Cuban rhythms. The interest in free expression and jazz as well as world music unites the members of the band....

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