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’d like to mention some of the most acclaimed ones:
On this page you'll find information some of my upcoming concerts and examples of selected previous performances from last five years.
Check some of my recordings from the MEDIA -page.
YEAR 2020
Upcoming concerts & gigs
All gigs for spring and early summer 2020 have been canceled due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
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Selected previous Concerts
2020
Oulu All Star Big Band & Gerard Presencer
Pohjankartano Concert Hall, Oulu
2019
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
2018
Oulu All Star Big Band & Soiva Siili
Siilin Kuutamo - Concert for Children
Soiva Siili - Voc
Jaakko Jauhiainen - Conductor
Pohjankartano Concert Hall, Oulu
Oulu All Star Big Band
Jazz Noir
Jukka Perko - sax
Jukka Eskola - trp
Jussi Lampela - Conductor
Pohjankartano Concert Hall, Oulu
Oulu All Star Big Band
P. Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite (arr. Ellington)
Jouni Järvelä - Conductor
Chamber Music Festival, Kuhmo
Elojazz Festival, Oulu
Z Bakers Quartet plays Chet Baker
feat. Antti Annola, voc.
Elojazz Festival, Oulu
Oulu All Star Big Band
Tower of Power 50th Anniversary
William Suvanne - sax
Ville Vannemaa - cond.
Uusi Seurahuone, Oulu
Oulu All Star Big Band feat.
Kauko Röyhkä & Severi Pyysalo
Valve Culture House, Oulu
2017
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
Z Bakers Quartet plays Chet Baker
feat. Antti Annola, voc.
Voimala music club, Oulu
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
OASBB feat. Pope Puolitaival
Petri "Pope" Puolitaival-sax
Oulu All Star Big Band
Pohjankartano Concert Hall, Oulu
Saara Aalto (voc) Concerts
Oulu All Star Big Band
Super Park Areena, Oulu
Evening in Romania Concerts
Oulu All Star Big Band
Elena Mindru-voc.
Ilkka Mäkitalo-cond.
Seurahuone, Oulu
City Theatre, Rovaniemi
P R E V I O U S Y E A R S
- Some Selected performances -
Gil Evans, Miles Davis & Thelonious Monk
Oulu All Star Big Band
Jussi Kannaste - sax
Ville Vannemaa - cond.
Valve Culture House, Oulu
Music from Tarantino Movies
Oulu All Star Big Band
feat. Teemu Viinikainen (gtr)
Elojazz Festival, 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
SuperPark 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
Baila Salsa!
Oulu All Star Big Band
Nicolás Lazo Zubieta, voc
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
J. Ahola, voc
JAZZhouse, Oulu
Groovehunters plays Headhunters
tribute to Herbie Hancock
feat. Jukkis Uotila, keyb.
