Orchestra

UMO Jazz Orchestra

UMO Jazz Orchestra is a Finnish big band. It was founded in 1975 by jazz musicians Heikki Sarmanto and Esko Linnavalli.

UMO is an abbreviation of "Uuden Musiikin Orkesteri" (New Musical Orchestra). Since 1984 UMO has been a professional orchestra which is financed by Finnish Broadcasting Company, Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture and the city of Helsinki.

UMO has been toured in Europe, C…

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Artist details

Type
Orchestra
Area
Finland
Founded
1975
Labels
EMI Finland
Blue Note
Ondine
Finnlevy
RCA Victor
Last updated: August 12th, 2019