Each year, jazz performers from all around the world perform in the We Jazz festival in Finland. Avishai Cohen, Bremer/McCoy, Pat Thomas, Ben Lamar Gay, Nik Bartsch, Amanda Whiting, Fire! Orchestra, Little North, Petter Eldh, and Carl Stone were among the festival's outstanding performers at its most recent iteration.
Israeli-born bassist and composer Avishai Cohen captivated the crowd with his passionate music. The jazz and ambient music duo Bremer/McCoy, from Denmark, captivated the audience with their avant-garde sounds. British pianist and composer Pat Thomas performed on stage with his unique brand of avant-garde jazz.
Ben Lamar Gay, a multi-instrumentalist and composer from Chicago, Nik Bartsch, a Swiss pianist and composer renowned for his minimalist approach to jazz, and Amanda Whiting, a British saxophonist and composer with a love of improvisation were among the other famous performers.
The impressive lineup at We Jazz included Petter Eldh, a Swedish bassist and composer, Fire! Orchestra, a Swedish experimental jazz group renowned for their explosive live performances, Little North, a Finnish quartet with a taste for modern jazz, and Carl Stone, an American composer and electronic musician.
The festival, in its whole, was a celebration of jazz in all of its varied manifestations, and the brilliant artists left a lasting effect on everyone who went.