The omnipresent drummer Paal Nilssen-Love, along with the Finish saxophonist Esa Pietila, has decided to revitalise the Finish-Norwegian jazz collaboration. They have developed the project Finish Fun with 12 young Finish and Norwegian free-jazz musicians who are going to play concerts in Helsinki and Oslo. On the first two nights we’ll experience varied Finnish/Norwegian line-ups, and on the last night we’ll experience the whole group together as a big band. Each night will wind up with a DJ set featuring music from the project.

 

This first night will feature:

Sami Sippola/Esa Pietilä/Klaus Ellertsen Holm
Simo Lihonen/Eivind Lønning/Stine Janvin Motland
Ville Rauhala/Paal Nilssen-Love/Jari Hongisto
Testicle Hassard: Lasse Marhaug/Tommi Keranen
DJ Love Machine (aka Paal Nilssen-Love)

Sami Sippola – tenor sax, Ville Rauhala – bass, Simo Laihonen – drums, Esa Pietilä – tenor sax, Jari Hongisto – trombone, Tommi Keränen – electronics, Øyvind Storesund – bass, Eivind Lønning – trompet, Stine Janvin Motland – vocals, Klaus Holm – alt sax, Paal Nilssen-Love – drums, Lasse Marhaug – eletronics

The project is supported by Norsk Kulturråd, Fond For Lyd og Bilde, Music Norway, Kulturfonden for Finland og Norge, Finnish Music Foundation.