Thad Jones 100 – UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra & Jukka Eskola at Vuotalo

Thad Jones has been characterised as one of the best jazz trumpet soloists as well as one of the most important big band composers and arrangers of all times. It’s also said that he was also one of the world’s most prominent big band conductors. Even today, his compositions are key repertoire of big bands all over the world.
The year 2023 marks 100 years of the master composer’s birth. To celebrate the anniversary year, the UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra honors this concert with trumpeter Jukka Eskola as soloist and Antti Rissanen as conductor. The concerts feature Jones’ master compositions from the repertoire of the Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra from 1960’s and 1970’s....

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Thad Jones has been characterised as one of the best jazz trumpet soloists as well as one of the most important big band composers and arrangers of all times. It’s also said that he was also one of the world’s most prominent big band conductors. Even today, his compositions are key repertoire of big bands all over the world.
The year 2023 marks 100 years of the master composer’s birth. To celebrate the anniversary year, the UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra honors this concert with trumpeter Jukka Eskola as soloist and Antti Rissanen as conductor. The concerts feature Jones’ master compositions from the repertoire of the Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra from 1960’s and 1970’s.
Thad Jones and Mel Lewis visited UMO in December 1977. In addition to the concert at the Hesperia nightclub, an album called Thad Jones, Mel Lewis & UMO was recorded on the same visit. The album was later nominated for a Grammy in the Best Jazz Instrumental Performance – Big Band category in 1979. After the visit, UMO’s then-trumpeter Simo Salminen was attached to the Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Orchestra.
The duration of the concert is 2 hours, including an intermission.
 
Lippu.fi 24,50 € / 20 € / 10 €

Vuotalo, Helsinki


The duration of the concert is 2 hours, including an intermission


Thad Jones oli yksi kaikkien aikojen parhaista trumpettisolisteista sekä yksi merkittävimmistä big band -säveltäjistä ja -sovittajista, ja onpa hänen mainittu olleen myös yksi jazzhistorian taitavimmista big band -kapellimestareista. Hänen sävellyksensä soivat tänäkin päivänä isojen jazzyhtyeiden ohjelmistoissa kautta maailman.
Thad Jonesin (1923–1986) syntymästä tuli maaliskuussa kuluneeksi 100 vuotta. UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra kunnioittaa juhlavuotta tällä konsertilla, solistinaan trumpetisti Jukka Eskola ja kapellimestarinaan Antti Rissanen. Konserteissa kuullaan mestarin sävellyksiä Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestran ohjelmistosta 1960–1970-luvulta.
Thad Jones ja Mel Lewis vierailivat UMOssa joulukuussa 1977. Hesperian yökerhon konsertin lisäksi samalla vierailulla levytettiin Thad Jones, Mel Lewis & UMO -nimeä kantava albumi, joka oli sittemmin Grammy-ehdokkaana Best Jazz Instrumental Performance – Big Band -kategoriassa vuonna 1979. Tuon vierailun seurauksena UMOn silloinen trumpetisti Simo Salminen kiinnitettiin Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Orchestran riveihin.
Konsertin kesto 2 h sis. väliajan.
 
Lippu.fi 24,50 € / 20 € / 10 €

Vuotalo, Helsinki


Konsertin kesto 2 h sis. väliajan

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