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Verneri Pohjola & Black Motor: Rubidium
by Eyal Hareuveni
Black Motor is Finland's leading trio of free jazz that began to gain a wider recognition outside Finland in recent years. Since its foundation around 2005, the central Finland, Tampere-based proletariat trio expanded its muscular, uncompromising post-Albert Ayler and Peter Brötzmann approach as it began to collaborate with fellow, innovative Finnish improvisers as saxophonist Juhani Aaltonen, guitarist Raoul Björkenheim and bassist Teppo Hauta-aho, as well as circus acts, dancers, poets , rap artists and DJ's. Helsinki-based trumpeter Verneri Pohjola, who ...
Continue ReadingVerneri Pohjola & Black Motor: Rubidium
by Dan McClenaghan
Just going by the name, for those unfamiliar with the thriving Scandinavian jazz scene, a group calling itself Black Motor might be mistaken for a heavy metal rock band--a smash-and-crash set of drums, a blasting three-chord guitar and a wall-shaking bass wrapped around bellowed lyrics. But the real Black Motor, a drums/bass/saxophone outfit--joined on Rubidium by trumpeter Verneri Pohjola--is a Finish improvising jazz unit of the first order.When a quartet consisting of two horns, bass and drums, with ...
Continue ReadingOlavi Trio & Friends: Triologia
by AAJ Italy Staff
Tre musicisti finlandesi hanno scoperto di avere il secondo nome in comune (Olavi) e hanno quindi deciso di chiamare il loro gruppo 'Olavi Trio.' Per questo Triologia hanno scelto di coinvolgere in alcuni brani altri tre musicisti, il trombettista Verneri Pohjola, il saxofonista Juhani Aaltonen e il chitarrista Kalle Kalima, per aggiungere nuovi sapori e nuovi colori. Il loro progetto si muove dalle parti del free jazz e della musica creativa in genere, e ci consente di vedere all'opera diverse ...
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