Author name: Reija Lång

Hello sunny and lively City of Vaasa and all the jazz lovers there! Here I come again – I´m so grateful for this groovy collaboration I have been able to nourish with the Vaasa jazz musicians over the years. This year we have a great and tight playing team on stage – with Mikael Jakobsson […]

Think about a tiny island in the middle of the sea, waves caressing the rocks that have been sitting there for so long and having experienced even the ice age some 10.000 years ago. Now it´s time for this rocky island to experience jazz – and set the stage for Langitude Quintet. It´s a small

Time for some 50´s hardbop. Here comes a short videoclip taken from our Tribute to Horace Silver gig at Park in Mariehamn, Åland Islands. The tune is Psychedelic Sally. Enjoy the groove 🙂 Langitude Quintet is Reija Lang/voc, Fredrik Erlandsson/trp & keyboards, Richard Palmer/gtr, Kjell Dahl/douoble bass, Tomas Tornefjell/drs. Cover photo by Tom Tung Eckerman.

Ooh … time flies It’s exactly 10 years since we performed with the finesounding Arricone Big Band, with great arranger and conductor Erno Tiittanen, at Espan Lava Outdoor Stage in the very heart of Helsinki. The music is from our Tribute to Nancy Wilson and Cannonball Adderley album, with arrangements by Erno Tiittanen. Heli Sainio

How nice! Once again I have the privilege to perform at Petiscaria in Helsinki, together with my long term musician friends, bassist Ilkka Hanski and pianist Pekka Mesimäki. As I´m still at the early stages recovering from the unfortunate accident (I broke my leg, both Fibula and Tibia bones and was operated) I have to

SWE Vårstämning kommer med swing- swing – swing! Snart är det dags med en konsert med Alandia Big Band och Caroline Furbacken på det legendariska Hotel Arkipelag i Mariehamns östra hamn. Dirigent är Edward Furbacken. Arrangemang med legendariska låtar från swing-eran, från den så kallade American Songbook. Du är varmt välkommen att njuta av storbandssounden

SWE Det är dags för jazz momentum! Det här blir första gången Langitude Quintet uppträder med alla originalmedlemmar – jag är så glad att Fredrik Erlandsson på trumpet är med oss efter sina resor. Som jag skrev redan i höstas har vi förberett den mycket grooviga Horace Silver Tribute för att bli klara på scen.

PÅ SVENSKA Big Band Time! Jag är så glad och hedrad över att ha blivit inbjuden av Alandia Big Band att vara deras sångsolist under en stor jazzkväll som firar det åländska jazzbandet Red Beans & Rice Jazz Bands 35-årsjubileum. Ett stort grattis till detta band som har gjort en fantastisk jazzresa under årtiondena. Andra

ENG We at Langitude Quartet are delighted to be part of the Mid Winter Jazz at Restaurant Nautical, located in Mariehamn at Åland Islands. We are particularly inspired by having the true virtuoso pianist Vova Shafranov joining us on stage. This is going to give us an additional spark in the creative collaboration as musicians.

Photo: On stage at SteelFM Charity Concert: Langitude Quartet: Richard Palmer/gtr, Kjell Dahl/ double bass, Reija Lang/vocals, Tomas Tornefjell/drums We were performing at Jomala Church on Dec 30 in a charity concert program, playing music of Horace Silver. This link takes you to SteelFM FB-page where you can watch the video: https://fb.watch/hOMcLcGv-x/ 00:34 Song For