Jazz Articles about Pekka Pohjola

Remembering Pekka Pohjola

by Anthony Shaw
February 1, 2009

Regarded by all as the finest bass guitarist ever to come out of Finland, and a composer who inspired a whole generation of late twentieth century Finnish musicians, Pekka Pohjola died near Helsinki on November 27 2008, aged 56. Although he lived his last years far from the lime-lights which he frequented in the 1970s and 80s, he is revered by many Europeans of his generation as a scion of the music for which his country has long been famous--dark, ...