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UMO & KYN: Kaipaan at Mikael Agricolan Kirkko

Courtesy of Finnish Jazz Federation | Posted on August 24, 2018

Where

Mikael Agricolan Kirkko
Tehtaankatu 23
Helsinki
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When

Thu, November 1, 2018
12:00

About

UMO Jazz Orchestra, the big band pride of Finland, and KYN who ranks sixth in the list of the best female choirs of the world continue their collaboration with two concerts in the week of All Saints’ Day. Last time these two met something completely new came into being.
”I thought choir-singing and jazz are like fire and water but I was wrong: hearing the female choir KYN and big band UMO live together changed my mind. The most intriguing thing about the concert was how the choir of 50 women made the 16-piece male big band sound somehow different. It was like there were two choirs singing side by side and commenting on each other.” Helsingin Sanomat, Jazzkeittiö blog April 18, 2017, Katri Kallionpää...

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