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2010-08-31 14:55Jazz conference was a success story
Organized by JAPA and participated by 50 people from 11 countries, The Jazz Chameleon: 9th Nordic Jazz Conference 19.-20.8.2010 was a true meeting place of jazz enthusisasts and researchers. The proceedings of the conference will be published in the new JAPA e-book series in early 2011.
See photo gallery and Kaisa Paavilainen's first-hand report.
2010-08-17 08:289th Nordic Jazz Conference on August 19 and 20
Complete programme of the conference is now available.
2010-05-04 13:10JAPA moves to Sörnäinen
Due to JAPA archive move, we are closed between May 17 and July 2.
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2010-01-25 12:18JAPA organises the 9th Nordic Jazz Conference in August
Call for papers
The Jazz Chameleon: The 9th Nordic Jazz Conference
The Finnish Jazz & Pop Archive, Helsinki, August 19–20, 2010
Since its arrival on the public scene in the early 20th century, jazz has been characterised by a remarkable ability to cross musical, social and cultural borderlines. In terms of musical style and character, jazz has often crossed genre categories and undergone through radical changes. In terms of geographical and cultural boundaries, one of the most notable developments in jazz has been the internationalisation of its sound. Furthermore, jazz has also been able to ‘travel in time’. The explicit sense of traditions characterises jazz history: jazz music speaks to the past and is informed by what has been before.
What are these crossings really like? How have they changed during the history of jazz?
Organisers of The Jazz Chameleon: The 9th Nordic Jazz Conference welcome presentations on generical, geographical, historical and other (e.g. theoretical, aesthetic, educational) crossings in jazz. The main emphasis of the presentations will be on Nordic countries and their histories but we warmly welcome other aspects as well.
Proposals for presentations and work groups should be submitted as abstracts of up to 200 words by April 1, 2010 to Janne Mäkelä. Please include the name of the speaker(s), email, affiliation, and the title of the paper or workshop group.
The conference will have two invited keynote speakers, planning for Professor Bruce Johnson (Universities of Turku, Glasgow, UK and Macquarie, Australia) and Doctor Pekka Gronow. Furthermore, the conference will feature discussion on the collaboration between the members of Nordic jazz archives as well as performances by Finnish jazz musicians.
There will be a small participation fee. The main organiser of the conference is the Finnish Jazz & Pop Archive. More information will be published at the Jazz Conference website.
On behalf of the organisers,
Janne Mäkelä, Director
The Finnish Jazz & Pop Archive
The Finnish Jazz & Pop Archive has launched The Early Music Net campaign for collecting ‘old’ material that relates to the history of the Internet. Focusing on the years before 1997 and being probably the first of its kind in the world, the project looks for lost home sites and all kinds web material that has something to do with Finnish music. The project involves a competition for finding out the First Home Site of Finnish music performer.
The winner of this year’s scholarship of The Erik Lindström Fund will be announced in May 27 at the Storyville Club (Museokatu 8, Helsinki). Starting at 8 pm, the ceremony is accompanied by an open concert with major Finnish names: Erik Lindströn Dream Team, Old Time Jazz Band feat. Pirjo Bergström, Wade Mikkola Band and Verneri Pohjola & Friends. Tickets 6,5 euros.
The Storyville night is preceded by the Jazz’n Jam concert that brings together previous stipendiates and the maestro himself. The event will take place in May 25, 7 pm, at the Malmitalo (Ala-Malmin tori 1, Helsinki). Tickets 6 euros.
Our archive is involved in two major projects. We maintain the national DigiWiki service that provides information about the various aspects of digitization and the long-term preservation of archive materials. The second project is Äänistö (‘Soundboard’), a joint venture of the Finnish sound archives to find ways of providing an open-access service to digitized material.
Future projects include a campaign for mapping out private collections of popular music in Finland. For further information, contact JAPA office.
