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by Karl Ackermann
Song for a New Decade joins relative newcomer, Finnish saxophonist/composer Mikko Innanen with veteran drummer Andrew Cyrille and bassist William Parker, the latter appearing on the first of the two-disc set. Innanen has won numerous European music awards and though much of his playing and recording has been regional, he has performed with drummer Han Bennink, saxophonists John Tchicai and Chris Speed, guitarist Marc Ducret and bassist Barry Guy. Parker has been leader on more than forty recordings and has ...
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by Glenn Astarita
Finnish multi-reedman Mikko Innanen (Delirium, TUMO) is not short on ideas, here on this bracing 2-CD set recorded in New York with the all-universe rhythm section of bassist William Parker (CD-1 only) and drummer Andrew Cyrille. A fresh voice on the Euro progressive jazz scene, Innanen has imparted his skills amid collaborations with jazz and improvising stalwarts, drummer Han Bennink, saxophonist Frank Gratkowski and a horde of other notables. But young artists often rise to the occasion when performing with ...
read moreMikko Innanen & Innkvisitio at Sellohalli
by Anthony Shaw
Mikko Innanen's Innkvisitio Sellohalli 10th Anniversary Concert Helsinki March 13, 2014Much music is best consumed with a pinch of salt, if not a glass of beer or something stronger, and the best works of Mikko Innanen are quite hard on the aural digestive system. But as any good meal appeals to far more senses than the gastronomic, so Innanen is involved in more than a musical odyssey. Moreover the meal he serves has to ...
read moreStefan Pasborg: Free Moby Dick
by AAJ Italy Staff
Soffi e colpi d'ancia che rompono il silenzio con circospezione, vibrazioni di corde elettriche che rimandano a scenari post-atomici, frullii di metallo tesi come nervi scoperti, la sensazione che qualcosa di apocalittico debba succedere da un momento all'altro. Ed infatti eccolo - il lettore segna due minuti e cinquantadue secondi - il portentoso riff di “Black Dog" esposto da sax tenore e da sax baritono, abbattersi come un tornado sull'ascoltatore. È uno shock anafilattico che provoca un piacere quasi insostenibile ...
read moreDelirium: Green Side Up
by AAJ Italy Staff
I Delirium sono un quartetto danese composto dal batterista Stefan Pasborg, dal sassofonista Mikko Innanen, dal trombettista Kasper Tramberg e dal bassista Jonas Westerggard. Innanen, 33 anni è l'unico a non avere natali danesi, ma finlandesi, ed è anche autore di 6 dei 10 pezzi contenuti in questo CD registrato a Copenaghen nel 2009. Anche se il nome della band è poco conosciuto nel resto d'Europa, i Delirium rappresentano difatti una realtà della scena del jazz nord europeo le cui ...
read moreMikko Innanen & Innkvisitio: Clustrophy
by Eyal Hareuveni
This is modern European jazz at its finest. Bold and inventive, smart and informative, ironic, funny but also sad and melancholic, the highly engaging Clustrophy addresses the rich jazz legacy on both sides of the Atlantic, without being bound to any specific style or genre. Finnish reed player Mikko Innanen has gained experience as a charismatic and articulate composer, improviser and leader with musicians from the Nordic arena, as well as from New York's downtown scene. Innkvistio ...
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by Anthony Shaw
There can be something as obtuse about the artist in person as there is about his music. From the opening blast of his second luxuriously produced album for TUM, it's obvious that woodwind and reed multi-instrumentalist Mikko Innanen is playing mind games with his audience, which may please or tease you. The tunes represent quite a cavalcade of moods and arrangements, let alone instrumentation. This is partly the result of Innanen's own interest in pushing the sonic ...
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