MOPO @ Salo International Jazzfestival at Hometown

Mopo is a collective of three talented musicians from Finland. The energetic trio saw the daylight in the fall of 2009, when the musicians brainstormed as a result of a bar-fight.
Mopo (”a moped”) accelerates easily from zero to speed of light, but mostly the trio steps on the gas for a hilarious joyride in the countryside. The trio draws their inspiration from jazz, 70s punk and the Finnish nature. Each composition is born in the magic of the moment and Mopo’s intense performances have stolen the hearts of their audiences all over the Finnish jazz club scene. In May 2011, Mopo won the Finnish tryouts of the Young Nordic Jazz Comets –competition and earned a huge amount of interest andattention in the finals held in Stockholm....

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Mopo is a collective of three talented musicians from Finland. The energetic trio saw the daylight in the fall of 2009, when the musicians brainstormed as a result of a bar-fight.
Mopo (”a moped”) accelerates easily from zero to speed of light, but mostly the trio steps on the gas for a hilarious joyride in the countryside. The trio draws their inspiration from jazz, 70s punk and the Finnish nature. Each composition is born in the magic of the moment and Mopo’s intense performances have stolen the hearts of their audiences all over the Finnish jazz club scene. In May 2011, Mopo won the Finnish tryouts of the Young Nordic Jazz Comets –competition and earned a huge amount of interest andattention in the finals held in Stockholm.
Recently Mopo has performed in London Jazz Festival, BBC Jazz On Radio 3 live session and prestigious 12 Points! festival, just to name a few. Mopo released their debut album, Jee! in 2012 and second album Beibe in 2014, both on Finnish Texicalli Records label. The latter is going to international distribution by Edition Records in the UK.
Linda Fredriksson (sax)Eero Tikkanen (bass)Eeti Nieminen (drs)

Mopo on kolmen lahjakkaan muusikon kollektiivi, joka ammentaa musiikkinsa jazzista, 70-luvun punkista ja Suomen luonnosta. Kehuttu kakkoslevy Beibe näki päivänvalon alkuvuodesta 2014. Saksofonisti Linda Fredriksson on saanut Kritiikin kannukset –kunniamaininnan. Mopo on saanut myös kansainvälistä huomiota mm. Downbeatin toimesta. We jazz-tapahtumassa Mopo soitti 24 tunnin aikana 24 keikkaa. Yhtye on siis erittäin kokeilunhaluinen. Bändi kuvaileekin ilmaisuaan seuraavasti: "Mopo on yhdistelmä huumoria, vauhtia, haikeutta, synkkyyttä, kepposia ja anarkiaa".
Linda Fredriksson (sax)Eero Tikkanen (bass)Eeti Nieminen (drs)

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