Always a pointer to future Nordic currents in jazz and improvised music the Young Nordic Jazz Comets showcase held this year in Finland this autumn features Elena and the Rom Ensemble from Finland itself, with Musik För Hemlösa, the Danish entry pictured above, the sax-bass-drums trio of Signe Emmeluth, Amadeus Wedberg, and Björn Petersson. The Swedish representation is the five-piece Intone, while Norway's band travelling to Helsinki is Krokofant, a guitar-drums-sax trio. The Icelandic band taking part is the quartet Aurora.