UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra will go back to the basics of big band music, limelighting the brilliance of Buddy Rich Big Band. The concert will see the Yrjรถ- and Emma-winning Markus Ketola sit behind the drumkit as the Buddy Rich of UMO Helsinki. Ketola has played the drums for the orchestra since 1993. Antti Rissanen who also has a long history in leading UMO Helsinki will take the conductorโs podium. Ready yourself for such classics as Straight No Chaser, Love For Sale and, the title number, Big Swing Face.
American Bernard โBuddyโ Rich (1917โ1987) has been considered the finest drummer in the world, acclaimed particularly for his virtuoso technique, whirlwind-like speed and snappy touch on the snare drum. According to a legend Rich only played when he was performing. Then again, if you take up your instrument at the age of 18 months โ as he is told to have done โ why would you waste time practising? Known as a worldly showman and a funny personality, Rich could also be an extremely critical and demanding musician and band leader who would not accept mediocrity. During his career he collaborated with virtually every superstar of jazz, including Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Frank Sinatra....
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UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra will go back to the basics of big band music, limelighting the brilliance of Buddy Rich Big Band. The concert will see the Yrjรถ- and Emma-winning Markus Ketola sit behind the drumkit as the Buddy Rich of UMO Helsinki. Ketola has played the drums for the orchestra since 1993. Antti Rissanen who also has a long history in leading UMO Helsinki will take the conductorโs podium. Ready yourself for such classics as Straight No Chaser, Love For Sale and, the title number, Big Swing Face.
American Bernard โBuddyโ Rich (1917โ1987) has been considered the finest drummer in the world, acclaimed particularly for his virtuoso technique, whirlwind-like speed and snappy touch on the snare drum. According to a legend Rich only played when he was performing. Then again, if you take up your instrument at the age of 18 months โ as he is told to have done โ why would you waste time practising? Known as a worldly showman and a funny personality, Rich could also be an extremely critical and demanding musician and band leader who would not accept mediocrity. During his career he collaborated with virtually every superstar of jazz, including Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Frank Sinatra.
Rich led an eponymous big band and in its ranks in the early 1980s played the Finnish trumpeter Simo Salminen (1956โ2014). At the time Salminenโs recruitment to the orchestra was a sensation, as he was the first Finn ever to get a permanent position in an orchestra of such standard in the United States, the motherland of jazz. For the couple of years that he belonged to the big band Salminen had an important role in it, ultimately becoming its lead trumpeter. He was also a significant presence in UMO Helsinki for twenty or so years.
Some customer feedback of our Buddy Rich concert in Savoy in September 2019:
โAn excellent concert today. UMO is in good shape. Engaging program and arrangements. Conductor 10+. Thank you!โ
โThe best concert of all time, I think from all of UMO and Markus Ketola on the Buddy Rich theme. Conductor Rissanenโs performance, enthusiasm and chat made a wonderful package.โ
โAn absolutely wonderful experience, joy and good mood for many days! Big thanks to the whole orchestra! As an extra sugar, the overwhelming conductor Rissanen, who pulsed and lived with the whole soul.โ
Photo: Buddy Rich, Heritage Image / Lehtikuva
Tรคmรค on big band -jazzia parhaimmillaan! Luvassa on hengรคstyttรคvรคn svengaava iltapรคivรคkonsertti, jossa Helsingin oma big band -ylpeys UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra tarttuu Buddy Rich Big Bandin musiikkiin. Huom. Enemmรคn irti esityksestรค -keskustelutilaisuus Vuotalon kahvilassa klo 13.15.
โBuddy Richinรคโ hรครคrรครค UMO Helsingin rumpalina jo vuodesta 1993 lรคhtien soittanut Yrjรถ- ja Jazz-Emma-palkittu Markus Ketola ja kapellimestarina toimii orkesteria paljon luotsannut Antti Rissanen. Konsertissa kuullaan mm. jazzklassikot Straight No Chaser, Love For Sale ja nimikkokappale Big Swing Face.
Yhdysvaltalaista Bernard โBuddyโ Richiรค (1917โ1987) on pidetty maailman parhaana rumpalina, joka tunnettiin virtuoosimaisesta tekniikastaan, pyรถrremyrskymรคisestรค nopeudestaan ja erityisen sรคhรคkรคstรค virvelirummun kรคytรถstรครคn. Tarinan mukaan Rich ei koskaan treenannut vaan soitti ainoastaan esiintyessรครคn ja mikรคs siinรค, sillรค hรคnen kerrotaan aloittaneen rumpujen soiton vain 18 kuukauden ikรคisenรค. Rรคvรคkkรคnรค showmiehenรค ja hauskana persoonana pidetty kriittinen ja vaativa muusikko ja orkesterinjohtaja ei hyvรคksynyt keskinkertaisuutta. Hรคn ehti soittaa uransa aikana kaikkien mahdollisten jazzin supertรคhtien kanssa, mm. Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington ja Frank Sinatra.
Buddy Rich johti omaa nimeรครคn kantavaa big bandiรค, jonka riveissรค 1980-luvun alussa soitti myรถs UMOssa parinkymmenen vuoden ajan vaikuttanut trumpetisti Simo Salminen (1956โ2014). Salmisen parivuotinen pesti Buddy Rich Big Bandissรค oli aikansa sensaatio, sillรค hรคn on ensimmรคinen suomalainen muusikko, joka sai vakituisen kiinnityksen amerikkalaisesta huippuyhtyeestรค jazzin emรคmaassa Yhdysvalloissa. Salminen oli yhtyeessรค merkittรคvรคssรค roolissa ja pรครคtyi lopulta sen lead-trumpetistiksi.
Asiakaspalautetta viime syyskuun Buddy Rich -konsertistamme Savoy-teatterissa:
โErinomainen konsertti tรคnรครคn. UMO on hyvรคssรค vedossa. Mukaansatempaava ohjelmisto ja sovitukset. Kapellimestari tรคysi kymppi. Kiitos!โ
โKaikkien aikojen paras veto, mielestรคni sekรค koko UMOlta ettรค Markus Ketolalta Buddy Rich -teemalla. Kapu Rissasen esiintyminen, johtamisen liikkeet, innostus sekรค vรคlispiikit paketoivat oivallisesti hienon kokonaisuuden.โ
โAivan upea kokemus, iloa ja hyvรครค mieltรค moneksi pรคivรคksi! Iso kiitos koko jengille! Extrasokerina ei pohjalla vaan ylimmรคisenรค ylivoimainen kapellimestari Rissanen, joka sykรคhdytti ja eli mukana koko sielulla.โ
Kuva: Buddy Rich, Heritage Image / Lehtikuva
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