Finnish jazz shows up at Jazzhead!
The Oddarrang quintet of Olavi Louhivuori and the Pepa Päivinen Quartet will perform at Jazzhead!, the festival and congress event taking place in Bremen, Germany, from March 9th to 11th. Both bands appear in the frame of the European jazzXchange program which also presents two bands from Italy, Hungary Norway and Sweden. The Finnish Jazz Federation belongs to the working team together with the Foundation Luigi Bon, the Budapest Music Center, Molde Jazz festival and the Academy of Music and Drama – Göteborg University. This outstanding event is organised by the Congress Centre of Bremen. This project also includes German Jazz concerts in each country of the working team members. Finland will host German Jazz in Helsinki on August 31st when the quartet Nils Wogram & Root 70 will play at the UMO Jazz Festival in Helsinki.
www.jazzahead.de
www.olavilouhivuori.com
www.vapaataanet.fi/pepapaivinen/