Ilmiliekki Quartet

For the first time in Australia comes this superb four-piece band from Finland that's winning the hearts of contemporary and mainstream jazz lovers in Scandinavia and beyond. 

Ilmiliekki launched onto the European jazz scene with their debut album March of the Alpha Males, which was nominated for a Jazz Emma (the Finnish Grammy) for Best Jazz Album of the Year 2003. Since then they have won several highly coveted awards and nominations including Young Artist of the Year (Finland Festivals, 2004), the Teosto Prize (Finnish Composers Copyright Society, 2004) and Jazz Group of the Year (Finnish Jazz Critics Poll, 2003 and 2004).  

Verneri Pohjola (trumpet), Tuomo Prättälä (piano), Antti Lötjönen (bass) and Olavi Louhivuori (drums)

Duration: 70mins, no interval