Fondis Street Jazz
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Wasa Groove Unit
Sparkling soul, funk, disco, latin and rhythm & blues hits with a twist of big band swing.
Pertti Ahonen, conductor
Pia Ahonen Erickson, vocals
Marjaana Gomez Ortega, Arttu Ristolainen, clarinet
Juho-Joel Mäenpää, Johan Gustafsson, Katja Leppäaho, Tiia Vuorinen, alto sax
Simon Finne, Adrian Romar, Tapio Peltoniemi, Jarkko Peltonen, tenor sax
André Erickson, Marko Sallisalmi, Juha Rinne, Inka Hankaniemi, trumpet
Sakari Lepo, Mikko Pieskä, Pertti Ahonen, trombone
Mikael Björkman, piano
Emil Rönnqvist, Victor Veijola, guitar
Jarmo Peltonen, Henrik Berg, bass
David Forsblom, drums
Pia Ahonen Erickson, percussion
Wasa Groove Unit is performing as a big band constellation and has been closely performing since 2013, mainly concentrating on modern tunes and newly composed material. At the Fondis Street Jazz session the audience will be spoiled with tasty and sparkling arrangements of reknown superhits by Herbie Hancock, Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Chaka Khan, Michael Bublé, Tower of Power, The Trammps, Earth, Wind & Fire and other greats.