Adele Sauros Quartet on a Jazz Finland tour in September
Adele Sauros Quartet will perform in September across seven cities in Finland. Following the release of their latest album, the group embarked on an extensive international tour in spring 2024, and their ensemble playing is at its highest level ever.
Saxophonist Adele Sauros is one of the most active jazz musicians and composers in Finland and Europe today. Combining styles of Nordic and American jazz, the Adele Sauros Quartet was founded in 2012 and has performed at the most significant jazz festivals in Finland and the Nordic countries.
The group’s fourth album, Your Special Loss, was released in March 2024 by the Spanish label Fresh Sound Records, and the quartet’s album release tours have extended beyond Finland to Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Spain. The album consists of Sauros’ compositions that deal with recovery and finding hope. The melodic and serious compositions draw influences from the traditions of Nordic and American jazz.
Sauros believes that music can change the world if one creates art on their own terms, as the Adele Sauros Quartet does. The members of the group are virtuosic jazz musicians with open minds and the courage to deviate from established patterns – and to dive into spontaneous improvisation.
Adele Sauros Quartet
Adele Sauros – tenor and soprano saxophones
Toomas Keski-Säntti – piano
Vesa Ojaniemi – double bass
Tuomas Timonen – drums
Concert Venues and Dates
Mon 16.9. klo 19.00 Kotka, restaurant Kairo / East Coast Jazz Club, Kotka Jazz ry
Tue 17.9. klo 19.00 Helsinki, restaurant Harju 8
Wed 18.9. klo 19.00 Joensuu, Pakkahuone / Jazzkerho -76
Thu 19.9. klo 19.00 Savonlinna, Kulttuurikellari / Olavin Jazz ry
Fri 20.9. klo 20.00 Riihimäki, Ö-talo (produced by Adele Sauros Quartet)
Sat 21.9. klo 18.00 Oulu, Oulu Music Centre, Tulindberg Hall / OMJ Jazz & Etno
Sun 22.9. klo 18.00 Mäntsälä, Kulttuurimeijeri (produced by Adele Sauros Quartet)
Jazz – heard and seen!
Finnish Jazz Federation’s essential form of operation is national touring. The annual touring activities enable approximately 100 concerts in 40 different locations all over Finland. The concerts mainly take place in their member organizations. Tours include both in-house productions and collaborations with external producers.
Photo: Victor Hege