Dec 10, 2019 1:59 PM
We Jazz Festival Depicts the Evolving World of Finnish Jazz
Unlike many festivals, Helsinki’s venturesome We Jazz Festival, which ran Dec. 1-8, is an inherently restless…
Koma Saxo performs a Dec. 5 set at G Livelab during the We Jazz Festival in Helsinki.
Dec 10, 2019 1:59 PM
Unlike many festivals, Helsinki’s venturesome We Jazz Festival, which ran Dec. 1-8, is an inherently restless…
John Scofield performs with the Danish Radio Big Band on Oct. 24 during the Umeå Jazzfestival, which ran Oct. 23-27 in Umeå, Sweden.
Nov 3, 2019 4:24 PM
Perched about 400 miles above Stockholm, the cultured university town of Umeå hosted its namesake festival, curated by…
The Bowman Trio
Oct 14, 2019 3:06 PM
Scandinavian jazz is its own thing. Affective, free-spirited and daringly improvisational. Finnish jazz, a vibrant…
Trumpeter Verneri Pohjola and drummer Mika Kallio perform during a screening of “Eläimen Kuva” at the We Jazz Festival, which ran Dec. 2-9 in Helsinki, Finland.
Dec 11, 2018 10:43 AM
An important event on the Helsinki jazz scene, now in its sixth year, We Jazz has made a point of staging shows in often…
