finnjazz in popkomm

popkomm brought lots of finnish artists to berlin this year, again. the concert i picked out was a jazz concert.

first, Lenni-Kalle Taipale danced on piano (as G put it). i laughed out loud for his body language and performance. the music sounded pretty improvisational, in a very good way. i had heard Iiro Rantala performing live before, so i knew to wait for a good show in his case as well. the beat-boxer he brought with him to the stage was more than surprising and sounded simply amazing. but he might have kind of stolen the show.

the last was UMO jazz orchestra. they played well, but big band music was never my favorite, and having heard two amazingly good shows already, both me and G had difficulties concentrating, so we went home. thanks to blessed bvg, (trams and metros etc. of berlin) which operates almost all night through, we were home in no time.

so all of you who are in berlin and like jazz, but weren't in wabe last night, you really missed something.

one last remark: carcassonne is a nice game. spinn-off hunters and garherers seems to be addictive; i've played it at least ten times with G since tuesday when we bought it. hence, waiting for the next game night with friends.