ESA VIRKKULA
M U S I C I A N
I have worked with numerous bands and artists during my career 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 most acclaimed ones:
Jarkko Ahola, Randy Brecker, Lars Danielsson, Tim Hagans, Dan Johansson, Nils Landgren, Cæcilie Norby, Oulu All Star Big Band, Jukka Perko, Rajaton, The Real Group, Bobby Shew, Dr. 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 2021
Upcoming concerts & gigs
Oulu All Star Big Band & Kasmir (voc)
6th of August
Elojazz Festival, Oulu
7th of August
Satama Open Air Festival, Kemi
28th of August
Venetsialaiset Festival, Kokkola
Check the promotional video for Kasmir gigs
Oulu All Star Big Band & Jarkko Ahola
Big Band Goes Heavy - Revisited
September (TBA)
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Selected previous concerts
Oulu All Star Big Band & Leroy Jones (USA)
Swinging New Orleans
Summer Theater, Oulu
Oulu All Star Big Band & Camille Bertault
Camille Bertault (voc)
Teemu Takanen (cond)
Madetoja Concert Hall, Oulu
Oulu All Star Big Band & Aili sings Ella
Aili Ikonen (voc)
Teemu Takanen (cond)
Pohjankartano Concert Hall, Oulu
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)
Pohjankartano Concert Hall, Oulu
Oulu All Star Big Band & Gerard Presencer
Pohjankartano Concert Hall, Oulu
Oulu All Star Big Band Goes Gospel
Osmo Ikonen, Heini Ikonen (voc)
Tuomiokirkko, Oulu
Oulu All Star Big Band & Seppo Kantonen (pno & cond.)
"Old Wine - New Bottles"
Valve Culture House, Oulu
Oulu All Star Big Band & Jaakko Kuusisto (vl)
Concerto for Big Band & Violin
Kirmo Lintinen (cond.)
Hupisaari Outdoor Theatre, Oulu
Oulu All Star Big Band & Peter Asplund (trp)
National Horn Players Conference
Uusi Seurahuone, Oulu
Oulu All Star Big Band & Tuomo Prättälä (voc, keys)
Uusi Seurahuone, Oulu
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
Chamber Music Festival, Kuhmo
Elojazz Festival, Oulu
Oulu All Star Big Band feat.
Kauko Röyhkä & Severi Pyysalo
Valve Culture House, Oulu
Finland 100 years National celebration
Oulu All Star Big Band & Iiro Rantala, Johanna Iivanainen, Pope Puolitaival, Jukka Eskola, Jaakko Kuusisto, Verneri Pohjola, Panu Savolainen
Oulu All Star Big Band
Rajaton - Vocal Ensemble
Pohjankartano Concert Hall, Oulu
Jaakko Kuusisto - cond.
A Tribute to Michael Brecker
OASBB feat. Manuel Dunkel (sax)
Oulu All Star Big Band
Pohjankartano Concert Hall, Oulu
Flame Jazz Cruise, Turku
OASBB feat. Paula Koivuniemi (voc)
Kuuskan paluu -festival
Oulu All Star Big Band
Antti Rissanen-cond
Kuusisaari, Oulu
OASBB feat. Maria Ylipää (voc) & Jukka Eskola (trp)
Ikivihreä Suomi
Oulu All Star Big Band
Vellu Halkosalmi-cond
Elojazz Festival, Oulu
Saara Aalto (voc) Concerts
Oulu All Star Big Band
Terminal Areena, Oulu
Evening in Romania Concerts
Oulu All Star Big Band
Elena Mindru-voc.
Ilkka Mäkitalo-cond.
Seurahuone, Oulu
City Theatre, Rovaniemi
Gil Evans, Miles Davis & Thelonious Monk
Oulu All Star Big Band
Jussi Kannaste - sax
Ville Vannemaa - cond.
Valve Culture House, Oulu
Oulu All Star Big Band & Touche Vocal Group (DK)
Jesper Holm (cond.)
Terminal Arena, Oulu
Dr Lonnie Smith (org)
Oulu All Star Big Band
Elojazz-festival, Oulu
Jarkko Ahola Band - Heavy Metal Show
Terminal Arena, Oulu
Nils Landgren (trb.)
Oulu All Star Big Band
SuperPark Arena, Oulu
The Real Group (voc.)
Oulu All Star Big Band
SuperPark Arena, Oulu
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
Souljazz
Oulu All Star Big Band
Feat. Jukka Eskola trp & Timo Lassy sax
Tribute to Burt Bacharach
Oulu All Star Big Band & Oulu Sinfonia
Koop Arponen & Inga Söder, voc
Madetoja Hall, Oulu
Big Band Goes Heavy
Oulu All Star Big Band
Jarkko Ahola, voc
Groovehunters plays Headhunters
tribute to Herbie Hancock
feat. Jukkis Uotila, keyb.
