New Jazz from Finland 2024
FinnAgora and Budapest Music Center will bring two fresh and thought-provoking jazz bands from Finland to Opus Jazz Club in November.
On November 21st, Uusi Aika fills Opus with a flow of mysterious sounds. Their music flows with unhurried pace, echoing elements of folk music, Japanese aesthetics, early 20th century art music and jazz tradition. Mysterious sonorities and powerful melodies are at the core of their sound, but Otto Eskelinen, Antero Mentu, Eero Tikkanen and Amanda Blomqvist do not forget the role of free improvisation either.
On November 22nd, Sole Azul expresses grand emotions through reinterpreted tangos. The Finnish trio rips tango out by the roots and plants it in the Nordic frozen soil. Drawing on the stylistics of jazz and contemporary classical music, and the practice of free improvisation, the group gives voice to grand emotions through both tango-inspired originals and new arrangements of existing tangos.