Jazz & Fly Fishing

JAZZ & FLY FISHINGTOURING WILD WATERS - 2009

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INDEX PROJECT INTRODUCTION 03THE BIG IDEA 04THE OUTCOME 05JAZZ & FLY FISHING TV SERIES 07 THE BAND 09 Håvard Stubø 11 Joona Toivanen 13 Fredrik Hamrå 15 Tapani Toivanen 17JAZZ & FLY FISHING CLUB CONCEPT: TIGHT LOOPS 19GIGS 21THE CREW 23OUTPUT 24CONTACTS 25

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PROJECT INTRODUCTIONA Jazz band of established musicians with

passion for fly fishing, is touring Scandinavia from June to August 2009 in a TV-series.

THE BIG IDEA – “jazzmen fishing suits on”Jazz and fly fishing – what in the world do they have in common? Well, seemingly not that much. That is, until Jazz and Fly Fishing, a freshly-squeezed new concept devoted to the two is launched in 2009. Picture this: a “cream of the crop” jazz quartet of established young genera-tion Nordic jazzmen take off on a fly fishing tour around Finland, Sweden and Norway playing gigs at big festivals, small jazz clubs and arctic hills alike. Needless to say, they spend all their spare time fly fishing beautiful rapids and peaceful mountain lakes. But that is just the starting point.

What really happens is improvisation. Fly fishing, a delicate improvisers’ game if there ever was one, is much about not letting the unexpected fool you. “The golf of fishing”, as it’s called, is in some aspects much like jazz, a world of interwoven details and meanings proved lethally addic-tive and endlessly rich with information.

The point, however, is not to marry jazz and fly fishing by force, but to do it effortlessly. Thus, the equipment and band members plus staff are fitted in to a bus that holds all necessary instruments for jazz and Fly Fishing, and possibly even chef and a gourmet kitchen. All this is executed with a touch of class, fishing with suits on, performing concerts in never-before-seen out of town settings.

Imagine a cracking modern jazz original next to the never-ending Northern summer light, a trout’s playful jump somewhere on the background, perhaps a nice slice of arctic char being cooked on the pan courtesy of the chef ’s masterful touch. Make no mistake, though, nature hosts and jazz is the guest.

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THE WEB

THE OUTCOMETHE FILM THE MUSICThe whole trip and all the gigs are being filmed in order to make a TV-documentary series and a retail DVD.

Groovy jazz with a contemporary touch, composed by Blue Note recording artist Joona Toivanen and Håvard Stubø.

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THE TOURThe tour will take place in the Summer 2009, from June to August.

The story from the riverside begins already during the tour, as www.jaz-zandflyfishing.com will be constantly updated with the latest news from

THE OUTCOMEHOT AT THE MOMENTWe are currently looking for partners, sponsors, advertisers and interesting co-operation possibilities, concerning the tour, TV and web.

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For nightclub gigs, the band hooks up with a dj to shake the dancefloor in a jamming spirit.

the hotspots. Media and the viewers can join the flow, as videos, blogs and pictures are delivered online. This gives a totally new perspective to the whole

tour, especially concerning tour audi-ences, and a possibility for media, ad-verticers and sponsors to make more out of the concept.

JAZZ & FLY FISHING TV SERIES

A TV documentary series with a slight flavorof reality TV.

This TV series tells the story of four jazz musi-cians who get acquainted via internet and find out that they share the same passions in life. They decide to pursue their mutual dreams together on a “once ina lifetime” jour-

ney through Finland, Norway and Sweden.

The series is a road trip to beautiful land-scapes and capturing jazz gigs, but it also shows the reality that lies behind the dream, with scenes where the guys encounterthe harsh realities of the north. How do you fit four exhausted jazzmen in suits into a tent,

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while the sun sets and the mosquitoes are buzzing?

Between the all the humor and ease, the group also has to cope with serious issues such as the environment, global warming and surprising situations like flat tires, reindeers on the road, insomnia and feedback.

The audience sees how the jazzmen face chal-lenges and crossroads head-on.

Playing, fly fishing, traveling, chatting, and banging their heads together.But of course. Suit on, looking cool and jazz.All the time.

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JAZZ & FLY FISHING BAND TIGHT LINES QUARTET

JAZZ & FLY FISHING BAND TIGHT LINES QUARTET

Håvard Stubø

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Recognized as one of Norway’s finest jazz guitarists, Håvard works with a

number of bands, most notably JUPITER featuring Jonas Kullhammar, Håvard Stubø Quartet w/ Knut Riisnæs,

Torbjörn Zetterberg & Håkon M. Johansen, Håvard Stubø Trio w/ the Country’s Roger Arntzen and Shining’s Torstein Lofthus, and Wes!

with Daniel Franck and Håkon M. Johansen.

Has worked with many great musicians, like Jimmy Owens and Arve Henriksen. Håvard is also an accomplished composer.

Håvard got his first real fly rod at the age of 7. Since then, he hasspent an obscene amount of time in the northern parts of Norway, Swedenand Finland, hunting for big arctic char and brown trout.

Best brown trout: 3,3 kg (dry fly)Best arctic char: 3,5 kg (micronymph, sight fishing)

One of Finland’s leading young pianists.

Has been touring with his trio in Europe, Asia and Australia.

The trio has released three critic-praised albums of which

the latest, “Frost”, was released on the legendary Blue Note

label. Joona has composed for various jazz and chamber

music ensembles.

Joona has had a passion to fishing since he was a kid.

He has been fly fishing since the age of 15 and is today a

devoted fly fisher.

Best brown trout: 3,350 kg (small caddis nymph)

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Joona Toivanen

Fredrik Hamrå

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Fredrik is one of Sweden’s finest and most

creative drummers, and has been seen in many

constellations both live and in studio. He has been working

with artists such as Timbuktu, Fredrik Ljungkvist, Mystos Hot

Lips and Key Marcello. His interest into fishing started already

in his childhood and today Fredrik is a very skilled and

passionate fly fisher.

Best brown trout: 2,2 kg (big slimy streamer)

Also a member of the Joona Toivanen trio. Tapani is one of Finland’s finest young bass players and a leader of several jazz groups that he also composes for. Tapani started fishing together with his bigger brother Joona and has been fly fishing since his teens. Tapani and Joona have successfully combined touring with fishing in Northern Finland, Norway and Australia. Best brown trout 2,5 kg (dry fly)

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Tapani Toivanen

JAZZ & FLY FISHING CLUB CONCEPT:

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For nightclub gigs, The Tight Lines Quartet hooks up with DJ Jatsipetsi, Jazz & Fly Fishing’s own household DJ. Together they become Tight Loops - a group playing beaty jazz with dancefloor spices.Tight Loops represents the contemporary wave in clubjazz, combining DJs and live artists in fluent, improvising interplay. Together they make the dancefloor come alive with happy people.DJ Jatsipetsi is a member of the Jazz & Fly Fishing team, and he has run many successful clubs around Finland.

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GIGSThe band (Tight Lines

Quartet) that performs as an acoustic jazz quartet by daytime, can easily trans-form into a nightclub live band with DJs and guest

artists (Tight Loops).

Tight Lines Quartet will also play gigs with several

featuring artists.Concerts will take place at various festivals and clubs

in Northern Scandinavia, for example:

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Kiruna, Sweden

Groove Valley Jazz Camp Beiarn, Norway

Festspillene I Nordnorge Harstad, Norway

Tromsø, Norway

Varangerfestivalen Vadsø, Norway

Jazz Club Narvik Norway

Viitasaari, Finland

Elojazz Oulu, Finland

Kiruna, Sweden

Groove Valley Jazz Camp Beiarn, Norway

Festspillene I Nordnorge Harstad, Norway

Tromsø, Norway

Varangerfestivalen Vadsø, Norway

Jazz Club Narvik Norway

Viitasaari, Finland

Elojazz Oulu, Finland

THE CREW

The film/TV-crew’s core is a combination of many skillful professionals. Experience from many feature films, TV series and commercials from varying aspect makes the Jazz & Fly Fishing tour look as perky as it does.Petri Luukkainen, director, executive producerHarri Sipilä, director of photographyPasi Ylirisku, director of photographyHarri-Pekka Pietikäinen, screenwriterJesse Jokinen, underwater photographyPasi Salminen, photographerJosé Azeredo Lima, photographer, designer

Martin Jäger, designer, post-productionEero Löyttyjärvi, soundTero Tamminen, producerHenrikki Mäkynen, salesMatti Nives, producer, publicist

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OUTPUT

The Jazz & Fly Fishing TV documentary series will consist aroundfive to ten episodes. The main target is large TV channels in

the Nordic countries. Global TV channels will also be approached. Spoken main language is English.

The DVD will be a documentary film of it’s own, or a DVD of the TV-series, depending on the deals with the TV channels.

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CONTACTS Production, Film: Petri LuukkainenPetzifilm Ltd Based in Helsinki +358-50-5572400 [email protected]

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Music, Band, bookings:Joona ToivanenBased in [email protected]

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