J*** from the north (TV documentary)

During the last few weeks one finnish national TV-channel "Yle Teema" have shown this documentary series "Jazzia Pohjoisesta" (Jazz from the north). The series is about the development of northern jazz music and scene, including some speculations of the music educations role in the music culture etc. interesting sidetracks.

Just the other day I watched the third episode and there Juhani Aaltonen was showing some saxophone improvisations with Raoul Björkenheim, really dope stuff.

The home page of the documentary can be found from http://teema.yle.fi/ohjelmat/j...o/jazzia-pohjoisesta

The series is naturally mostly in finnish language even it handles history of the northern jazz and artists all over Scandivania, mostly from Finland, Sweden and Norway.

You can actually see all episodes of the series in the Yle archives in internet. At the moment episodes 1-3 are available and other ones will follow after they are shown on TV first. The episodes can be found behind the following link and I think they can be viewed 12 months after the series is started to be shown on the TV.

http://ohjelma.yle.fi/ohjelmat/549998

If jazz is your cup of tea, please check the documentary out.