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Japanese band Kenso, German guitarist Ali Neander, Elephant 9 and Alexi Tuomarila
by Len Davis
New and recent with Japanese band Kenso, LA band Thraikill, German guitarist Ali Neander and Norwegian band Elephant9. Australian band Coast, Alexi Tuomarila, Caixa Cubo, Antonio Farao, and Norwegian guitarist Niclas Knudsen. Guitarist James Leibow, The haas Company and Richard D Ruttenberg. Playlist Kenso “Ryuu No Mai" from An Old Warrior Shook The Sun (Record Label) 00:00 Thraikill “Ego Lender" from Unperson (Self Produced) Time Marker Ali Neander “Return Of The Yedi Master" from Boomer Bends (ESC) Time ...
Continue ReadingAlexi Tuomarila Trio: Sphere
by Roger Farbey
Sphere is Alexi Tuomarila's follow-up to Kingdom (Edition, 2017) and Seven Hills (Edition, 2017). But the Finnish pianist has also collaborated with many of jazz's leading lights including Kenny Wheeler, Joey Baron, Jim Black, Bill Evans and Peter Erskine. Tuomarila also appeared on Dark Eyes by the Tomasz Stanko Quintet (ECM, 2010). Sphere 's opener is the attention-grabbing “Shapeshifter," where Tuomarila plays a fast-paced contrapuntal theme with bass and drums shadowing the swirling piano. “Jord" introduces guest trumpeter ...
Continue Reading440 Keys: A Batch of Piano Delights
by Geno Thackara
It's always a pleasure to be reminded what a range of sounds just one instrument can produce. The same 88 keys can be used in endlessly different ways in different inventive hands, and this batch of recordings has several masterful performers taking that starting point toward quite eclectic ends. Dag Arnesen Trio Pentagon Tapes Losen Records 2017 With a love for jazz and folk both classic and modern, Dag Arnesen finds a ...
Continue ReadingAlexi Tuomarila: Kingdom
by Roger Farbey
Piano-led power trios have proliferated over the last twenty years or more thanks to the likes of the Esbjörn SvenssonTrio and The Bad Plus whose respective approach was undeniably a more consciously dynamic one than the reflective approach of say Bill Evans or the redoubtable Keith Jarrett. There was also, inevitably, a move away from the old style of swinging piano trios such as those led by Erroll Garner or Oscar Peterson. Often, contemporary piano-led trios have embraced a more ...
Continue ReadingAlexi Tuomarila: From Helsinki to Timbuktu
by Bruce Lindsay
Sometimes a person can be in the right place, just not quite at the right time. So it was for Finnish pianist Alexi Tuomarila. After his debut album with his quartet, Voices of Pohjola (Igloo Records, 2001), he signed to Warner Jazz in the early '00s, while he was still in his 20s. The second quartet album, 02 (Warner Jazz), appeared in 2003. Tuomarila seemed poised for great things. Then a sudden decision by the label to cut its jazz ...
Continue ReadingAlexi Tuomarila Trio: Seven Hills
by John Kelman
While not entirely rare, it is relatively uncommon to find relationships forged so strongly that the musicians find themselves working together in multiple contexts, where the names remain the same, only the leader changes. Finnish pianist Alexi Tuomarila and drummer Olavi Louhivuori have been working together in a variety of contexts for the past several years, most notably with Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stańko's quintet responsible for Dark Eyes (ECM, 2010), but together with Mats Eilertsen, they've not only worked together ...
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