Jazz Articles about Eero Koivistoinen

Eero Koivistoinen: 3rd Version

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 26, 2011

Il saxofonista finlandese Eero Koivistoinen è stato uno dei migliori interpreti europei di quella musica ibrida che pescava dal jazz e dal rock in quel magico momento alla fine degli anni sessanta e agli inizi degli anni settanta che ha rivoluzionato definitivamente la musica moderna. Questo 3rd Version è il settimo album a suo nome e siamo agli inizi degli anni settanta. La ricetta è ormai calibrata e le varie componenti sono molto bene integrate nel disegno complessivo. La musica ...

The Five Corners Quintet: Chasin' The Jazz Gone By

by Budd Kopman
March 3, 2008

Chasin' The Jazz Gone By is the product of producer Tuomas Kallio, who wanted to recreate, using both analog and digital equipment, the sound and the visceral coolness of jazz from the 1950s and 1960s, which means the Blue Note sound of hard bop. And make no mistake, this record is very, very cool, deeply enjoyable in an almost time-warp way. The Five Corners Quintet actually exists in two forms, live and recorded. The live group routinely ...

Eero Koivistoinen Combo at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, NYC

by Budd Kopman
February 29, 2008

The Eero Koivistoinen ComboNorthern Lights Jazz SeriesDizzy's Club Coca-ColaNew York City, New YorkFebruary 18, 2008 Finland is quite proud of their jazz musicians, and the Finnish Consulate sponsors the Northern Lights series of concerts, among others, to bring these musicians into the American jazz consciousness. Past groups have been the Ilmiliekki Quartet and the Five Corners Quintet. On this night, one of the leading lights of Finnish jazz for the past forty ...

Eero Koivistoinen Music Society: Wahoo!

by Matthew Wuethrich
June 14, 2002

What would we do without those vinyl junkies? You know, those obsessed creatures that scour every record store, flea market, secondhand store and garage sale in hopes of finding some gem that has been lost in the mountain of recordings released over the last seventy years. Without them we would not have the pleasure of revisiting Eero Koivistoinen's fusion monster from Finland, Wahoo!.

For some time Wahoo! has been a jealously guarded secret of DJs and collectors. ...