Jazz Articles about Iiro Rantala

About Iiro Rantala

Album Review

Iiro Rantala: My History of Jazz

Read "My History of Jazz" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 4, 2013

Il pianista finlandese Iiro Rantala è uno dei jazzmen più apprezzati del mondo scandinavo e in questo nuovo lavoro ripercorre i temi centrali della sua formazione musicale, in cui riveste uno spazio importante la musica classica in generale e Bach in particolare. Questo tipo di riflessioni sul passato e sui motivi ispiratori si compie generalmente a un'età avanzata (Rantala ha solo 43 anni) ma forse i lunghi inverni della Finlandia inducono all'introspezione. A differenza di quanto vari jazzisti europei hanno ...

Album Review

Iiro Rantala: My History Of Jazz

Read "My History Of Jazz" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
November 4, 2012

It is perhaps an odd history of jazz that opens and closes with a composition by Johann Sebastian Bach, but My History Of Jazz is a very personal history, the history of Finnish pianist Iiro Rantala. His previous album, Lost Heroes (ACT Music, 2011), was a solo piano recording; full of mesmerizingly beautiful music, it was one of the year's finest releases. My History Of Jazz doesn't quite match the consistency of Lost Heroes, but its best moments are on ...