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Esa Helasvuo: Stella Nova

Read "Stella Nova" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Autorevole esponente del jazz finlandese moderno, Helasvuo torna ad incidere con l'ambizioso intento di presentare brani composti sul momento. Liberata da rigide strutture, la musica proposta viene lasciata libera di fluire in un denso ribollire di idee. La pratica jazzistica del pianista è il punto di partenza per una colta riflessione musicale, che mette in campo varie voci: la parafrasi jazzistica jarrettiana, le influenze colte e popolari della sua terra d'origine, la musica classica, il blues. Perfettamente in linea con ...

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Album Review

Esa Helasvuo: Stella Nova

Read "Stella Nova" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni


Pianist Esa Helasvuo is one of the pioneers of the Finnish improvised music scene. An experienced artist and former educator at the acclaimed Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Helasvuo has collaborated with the best improvisers in that scene--including drummer Edward Vesala, bassist Teppo Hauta-aho and saxophonist Juhani Aaltonen--and composed music for various orchestras and choirs, as well as for the stage, films, television and radio. Unfortunately, this mature and underrated musician has not recorded in over twenty years. ...


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