Drummer Stefan Pasborg will perform at Tampere Jazz Happening together with UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra on the 4th of November 2022. We interviewed him about his music and future plans.
Tampere Jazz Happening interviewed saxophonist Mette Rasmussen.
Tampere Jazz Happening interview with pianist and composer Satoko Fujii.
Pianist Seppo Kantonen composed a piece called ‘Bias’ for Jazz Happening 2022. It will be performed on by a multinational ensemble, put together by Kantonen.
The programme of the 40th anniversary festival culminates on Sunday with a duo of guitarist John Scofield and bassist Dave Holland. We got Scofield for a small interview straight from the tour.
Yazz Ahmed, who opens the Saturday afternoon concert at Pakkahuone, arrives in Finland straight from the Azores. Her new album Polyhymnia is named after the Greek Muse and dedicated to women – and first and foremost to the “courage, determination, and creativity of women”.
Pianist Sylvie Courvoisier, who performs in Happening with her trio on Saturday 6 November, gave us a mini-interview straight from her festival trip to San Francisco.
ESINAM, who recently released her debut album, will perform solo at the opening concert of Tampere Jazz Happening. She is arriving in Finland for the first time in her career, and a lot is happening in her life at the moment.
Timo Lassy will perform in two lineups at this year’s Tampere Jazz Happening. He gets the honour of concluding our interview series.
Drummer Reiska Laine has made it his mission in life to accompany and encourage other musicians: “An important part of my task as a musician is to boost and help the soloists to create their best possible performances – these musicians who will have their name in the headline of a magazine”.
