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February 2003

SubTV (Finland) is doing a Jimi Tenor special on Thursday, Feb 20. Their Sessions programme starting at 16:30 (re-run 23:30) will feature interviews and live performances from Jimi and his big band.

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Jimi Tenor tells us how he became Jimi Tenor on Finnish radio YleQ. The one-hour programme in the series Miten minusta tuli minä, hosted by Marko Gustafsson, airs on Tuesday, Feb 18 at 19:00 (re-run on the following Sunday at 11:00). YleQ also broadcast on the web, tune in at www.yleq.fi.

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You Better Change, the new 7" single (limited pressing of 500) from Nicole Willis & the Soul Investigators with Jimi Tenor, is out now on Sahco Records (Sähkö).

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New Jimi Tenor light-blue t-shirts with the yellow-orange Higher Planes logo as well as ecological cotton bags are now available at the Kitty-Yo popstore!

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The Jimi Tenor Big Band tour starts this month. More than thirty shows will happen across Europe, check the dates here. The line-up is:

Jimi Tenor: Organ, Moog, vocals, flute, sax, noisebox and photophone
Jay Kortehisto: Trombone, backing vocals
Jussi Lehtonen: Drums, backing vocals
Timo Hirvonen: Bass, backing vocals
Chris Dawkins: Guitar
Tero Lindberg: Trumpet
Petri Korpela: Percussion
Hilary Jeffery: Bass trombone
Jukka Eskola: Trumpet, backing vocals
Timo Lassy: Baritone sax, flute, tenor sax, backing vocals
Terry Edwards: Alto sax, baritone sax and trumpet

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The Black Hole video, shot in Helsinki last year, including live footage from the Nosturi show, is online at www.popzoot.tv.

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