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ESA VIRKKULA

M U S I C I A N

I have performed with numerous bands and artists as a musician. It has been a privilege and a joy to meet such great talents and make music together. From all of those, I would like to mention some of the internationally most acclaimed ones:

Randy Brecker, Sinne Eeg, Robben FordTim Hagans, Miho Hazama, Nils Landgren, Ed Partyka, The Real Group, Bobby ShewDr. Lonnie Smith, Victoria Tolstoy.

You will find some of my upcoming concerts and examples of selected previous performances from the last five years on this page.

Check some of my videos & recordings from the MEDIA -page.

YEAR 2025

 

Upcoming concerts & gigs

​26th April

Oulu All Star Big Band & Annette Sinclair (voc)

- Ville Vannemaa, cond.

Oulu City House

23rd to 25th May
@ recording studio with Oulu All Star Big Band

4th & 5th June

Oulu All Star Big Band: Suvi Swings! 

- Suvi Teräsniska, voc. Jukka Eskola, cond.

- Hupisaari summer theatre, Oulu

​August

Oulu All Star Big Band & China Moses (voc)

- Elojazz festival

- OASBB 20th Anniversary Concert

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Selected previous concerts

Oulu All Star Big Band: Return of the Brecker Brothers!- Jukka Eskola, trp, Joonatan Rautio, sax

Oulu All Star Big Band & Melissa Aldana (sax)- Ed Partyka, cond.

Oulu All Star Big Band & Marzi Nyman (gtr, voc), feat. Jukka Eskola (trp) - "Kelluva katedraali"

Oulu All Star Big Band & Robben Ford (gtr, voc)

- Ed Partyka, cond.

Oulu All Star Big Band & Tuure Kilpeläinen (voc)

- Jukka Eskola, conductor

Oulu All Star Big Band & Antti Koivula (voc)

plays Frank Zappa

Oulu All Star Big Band & Niko Kumpuvaara:

Big Band Tango!

Oulu All Star Big Band feat. Tim Hagans (USA)

- Tim Hagans, (trp & cond)
 

Oulu All Star Big Band & Ola Onabule (UK)

- Ola Onabule, (voc)
 

Oulu All Star Big Band & Zara McFarlane (UK)

- Zara McFarlane (voc)
- Jukka Eskola (cond)

Oulu All Star Big Band & Elastinen

- Elastinen (rap & voc)
- Jukka Eskola (cond)

Oulu All Star Big Band & Sinne Eg (DK, voc)

Miho Hazama, conductor

Elojazz Festival, Oulu

Oulu All Star Big Band & Samuli Putro (voc)

Hupisaari theatre, Oulu

Oulu All Star Big Band & Ed Partyka

Ed Partyka, conducting

RioLive, Oulu

Oulu All Star Big Band & Jukka Eskola (trp)

Gil Evans 110 anniversary

RioLive, Oulu

Oulu All Star Big Band & Jarkko Ahola

Big Band Goes Heavy - Revisited
Check the video "Paranoid"

Oulu All Star Big Band & Kasmir (voc)

​Elojazz Festival, Oulu

​Satama Open Air Festival, Kemi

Check the video "Kaija"

Oulu All Star Big Band & Leroy Jones (USA)

Swinging New Orleans

Oulu All Star Big Band & Camille Bertault (FRA)

Camille Bertault (voc)

Teemu Takanen (cond)

Oulu All Star Big Band & Aili sings Ella

Aili Ikonen (voc)

Teemu Takanen (cond)

Oulu All Star Big Band & Oulu Sinfonia

"Ritmos Latinos"

Evelio Galan, Lariza Silverio (voc)

Jere Laukkanen (cond)

Oulu All Star Big Band "Tribuutti Juicelle"

Paleface, Vuokko Hovatta (vocs)

Oulu All Star Big Band & Gerard Presencer

Gerard Precencer UK (trp)

Oulu All Star Big Band & Seppo Kantonen (pno & cond.)

"Old Wine - New Bottles"

Oulu All Star Big Band & Jaakko Kuusisto (vl)

Concerto for Big Band & Violin

Kirmo Lintinen (cond.)

Oulu All Star Big Band & Peter Asplund (trp)

National Horn Players Conference

​Oulu All Star Big Band & Tuomo Prättälä (voc, keys)

Mikko Hassinen - Conductor

Oulu All Star Big Band - Jazz Noir

Jukka Perko - sax

Jukka Eskola - trp

Jussi Lampela - Conductor

Oulu All Star Big Band

P. Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite (arr. Ellington)

Jouni Järvelä - Conductor

Oulu All Star Big Band feat. 

Kauko Röyhkä & Severi Pyysalo

OASBB & Rajaton 20 years

Oulu All Star Big Band

Rajaton - Vocal Ensemble

Jaakko Kuusisto - cond.

A Tribute to Michael Brecker

OASBB feat. Manuel Dunkel (sax)

Oulu All Star Big Band

OASBB feat. Paula Koivuniemi (voc)

Kuuskan paluu -festival

Oulu All Star Big Band

Antti Rissanen-cond

OASBB feat. Maria Ylipää (voc) & Jukka Eskola (trp)
Ikivihreä Suomi
Oulu All Star Big Band

Vellu Halkosalmi-cond

Gil Evans, Miles Davis & Thelonious Monk
Oulu All Star Big Band

Jussi Kannaste - sax
Ville Vannemaa - cond.

Oulu All Star Big Band & Touche Vocal Group (DK)

Jesper Holm (cond.)

Dr Lonnie Smith (org)
Oulu All Star Big Band

 

Nils Landgren (trb.)

Oulu All Star Big Band

Oulu All Star Big Band & The Real Group (swe)

The Real Group vocal ensemble w/ OASBB


70's Revisited

feat. Olli Ahvenlahti (pno), Eero Koivistoinen (sax)

Oulu All Star Big Band
New CD-release concerts

 

Flamenco Nuevo

Oulu All Star Big Band

feat. Joonas Widenius, gtr

 

All That Jazz
Oulu All Star Big Band

feat. Bobby Shew, trp

 

Linkola meets Norby
Oulu All Star Big Band

feat. Cæcilie Norby, Lars Danielsson, Iiro Rantala,

Jarmo Saari

Jaakko Kuusisto, cond. 

In the Spirit of Count Basie

Oulu All Star Big Band

feat. Lenni-Kalle Taipale, pno

 

Burning Bebop

Oulu All Star Big Band

Mikko Innanen, sax & Tero Saarti, trp

Punk that Jazz

Oulu All Star Big Band

feat. Pelle Miljoona, voc

Some Skunk Funk

Oulu All Star Big Band

feat. Randy Brecker, trp & Joonatan Rautio, sax

Tribute to Burt Bacharach

Oulu All Star Big Band & Oulu Sinfonia
Koop Arponen & Inga Söder, voc

Groovehunters plays Headhunters
tribute to Herbie Hancock

feat. Jukkis Uotila, keyb.

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