Leading free thinking jazz festival, the Tampere Jazz Happening, has announced its line-up for this year's running. Taking place in Finland from Thursday 31 October-Sunday 3 November the bands booked for Tampere include: Jack DeJohnette Group featuring Don Byron; Anemone Quintet, that’s pianist Frédéric Blondy, saxophonist John Butcher, Mostly Other People Do the Killing trumpeter Peter Evans, bassist Clayton Thomas, and drummer Paul Lovens; Tim Berne’s Snakeoil; Medeski, Martin & Wood; Lightboxer; Bassekou Kouyaté and Ngoni ba; Manu Katché 4tet featuring Nils Petter Molvaer; the Verneri Pohjola Quartet; Dalindèo; and the Hot 8 Brass Band.

Full line-up at http://www.tamperemusicfestivals.fi/jazz

Anemone pictured Photo: Jean-Michel Monin