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The Tesar Jazz Band was founded in the mid-nineties in Mikkeli, South-Eastern Finland. Music teacher Krystian Tesarczyk has led the orchestra from the beginning. Although the band's players work in various professions, they all have a solid musicial background. The band performs mainly in Mikkeli area, but has also played abroad:
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1996 Assens, Denmark
Concert, Twinning visit
1997 Florida, USA
Concerts: Finland House, Lake Worth, Polish Club
1999 Rome, Vatican, Italy
Concert: The school founded by the Pope Pius IX
2000 Warsaw, Poland
Concerts: Jazz Club Jazz Cafe, Hotel Mercure Fryderyk Chopin
2001 Cracow, Poland
Concert: The legendary Jazz Club U Muniaka
2002 Cairo, Egypt
Concerts: Hotel Ramses Hilton, American University of Cairo,
Moqattam, Dr. Laila Iskander, the Residence of the Ambassador
Aapo Pölhö
2002 Prague, Czech
Concerts: The legendary Semafor Theatre, the Residence of
Minister-Counsellor Marjatta Laires
2003 Costa del Sol, Spain
Concerts: The Culture week of Culture Association Kaleva, Jazz Club
Mai Tai and the Gospel concert in the church of Torremolinos
2003 Kalisz and Warsaw, Poland
Concerts: International Jazz Festival, Jazz Jamboree, Jazz Club Jazz
Cafe Lomianki, Kalisz Philharmonic Hall
2005 Bratislava, Slovakia
Concert: Jazzclub Jazz Cafe
2006 Bangkok, Thailand
Concerts: The Residence of the Ambassador Lars Backström,
Kasetsart University, the concert for Diplomatic Corps
2007 Bangkok, Thailand
Concerts: Thailand Cultural Centre, the 80th anniversary concert
for H.M. King Bhumibol Rama IX, The Residence of the Ambassador
Lars Backström
2008 Brussels, Belgium
Concerts: The Residence of the Ambassador Aapo Pölhö,
Confusion Jazz Club
2009 Budapest, Hungary
Concerts: The Flag Day of the Finnish Defence Forces, the Residence
of the Ambassador Jari Vilen, Rácz Aladár Zeneiskola
2010 Beijing, China
Concert: "Jazz At The Residence" at the Residence of the
Ambassador Lars Backström
2011 Brussels, Belgium
Concert: The Residence of the Ambassador Aapo Pölhö
2012 Cracow, Poland
Concert: The legendary Jazz Club U Muniaka
Toila, Estonia
Two concerts at Toila Spa Hotel
2013 Prague, Czech Republic
Concert: The legendary Semafor theatre
Beijing, China
Concerts: A Cultural Journey from Finland to Financial Street,
Farewell party of the Ambassador Lars Backström
2014 Zamosc, Poland
Jazz & Swing Forever concert with Karol Namyslowski Symphonic
Orchestra. Conductor Krzysztof Dobosiewicz.
2015 Gdynia and Sopot, Poland
Concerts in Klub Muzyczny Ucho in Gdyniassa and in Restauracja &
Bar Smak Morzassa in Sopot. Our guests were Janusz Muniak,
Tomasz Grzegorski, Przemek Diakowski and Mr. Nadolski.2016 2016 2016 London, England
Concert: Flag Day of the Finnish Defence Forces at the Residence of
the Ambassador Päivi Luostarinen.
Gospel concert at The Finnish Church in London.
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St. Michel Strings teamed up with Tesar Jazz Band on 27th November 2013 in concert and congress hall Mikaeli in Mikkeli. The theme of the evening was Jazz & Swing Forever – evergreen gems of jazz and swing. The conductor was Krzysztof Dobosiewicz.
The band plays mainstream and swing jazz and has many Duke Ellington's tunes in the repertoire. The band leader Krystian Tesarczyk was born in Poland. The last 36 years he has lived in Finland. During the time he has directed several jazz ensembles: jazz singer groups, big bands and jazz combos. Tesar Jazz Band is one them.
The band has had the honor to play with many great and well known jazz musicians e.g. Jukka Perko (saxophones),Severi Pyysalo (vibraphone), Ted Curson,USA (trumpet), Jyrki Kangas (contrabass), Markku Johansson (trumpet), Vitali Imereli,Georgia (violin), Jari Perkiömäki (saxophones), Iiro Rantala (piano), Antti Sarpila (clarinet, saxophones), Marian Petrescu, Romania (piano), Raivo Tafenau, Estonia (saxophones), Janusz Muniak, Poland (saxophones), Tomasz Grzegorski, Poland (saxophones), Marcin Slusarczyk, Poland (altosax), Seppo Hovi (piano), Riitta Paakki (piano), Keith Hall, UK (drums), Pentti Lasanen (saxophones), Risto Salmi.(saxophones), Marzi Nyman (guitar), Riku Niemi (vibraphone), Eero Koivistoinen (saxophones), Tero Saarti (trumpet), Sonja Lumme (vocal), Lenni-Kalle Taipale (piano), Kepa Kettunen (drums), Tiit Kalluste, Estonia (accordion), Manuel Dunkel (tenor saxophone), Seppo Kantonen (piano), Lembit Saarsalu, Estonia (tenor saxophone), Ville Vilén (vocal), Jaakko Pitkänen (guitar) and Juho Valjakka, piano.
Recordings:
- To Each His Own, leads Krystian Tesarczyk (1999)
- Caravan, leads Krystian Tesarczyk (2003)
- Dinner at eight, leads Krystian Tesarczyk (2008)
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