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Juhani Aaltonen & Iro Haarla: Kirkastus
by Hrayr Attarian
On the sublime Kirkastus saxophonist & flutist Juhani Aaltonen and pianist & harpist Iro Haarla engage in a series of intimate and impressionistic duets that brim with lyricism and spontaneity. A definite spirituality marks all ten of Haarla's compositions and, although various Psalms inspired most, the sacred nature of the music goes beyond strict religious boundaries ...
Juhani Aaltonen & Iro Haarla: Kirkastus
by Dan McClenaghan
The most striking thing about Kirkastus--a duo outing by a pair of seasoned Finnish free jazzers, saxophonist Juhani Aaltonen and pianist/harpist Iro Haarla--is the unalloyed beauty of the sound they've made. Aaltonen, in his eighth decade now, has the longer term veteran's credentials. His saxophone style draws from late period John Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders, with ...
Mikko Innanen e il Questionario di Proust
by AAJ Staff
All About Jazz: Il tratto principale della mia musica. Mikko Innanen: Questo lo lascio definire agli ascoltatori. AAJ: La qualità che desidero nei musicisti che suonano con me. M.I.: Che sappiano capire cosa sto cercando, e trovare la loro via per farlo. Questo è il jazz! ...
Oddarrang at Lavaclub Night in Helsinki
by Anthony Shaw
Oddarrang Club Night Lavaklubi, Helsinki, Finland September 22, 2015 The name of this band itself conjures quite a mystery. Even in its Finnish homeland the word has no apparent association, except possibly the title of the local Saami or Lappish news broadcast, Oddasat! Actually an atmosphere of shamanic intensity is quite ...
Olavi Trio: Oh, La Vie!
by Glenn Astarita
These Finnish improvisers frame spontaneous combustion and mellower moments on their second outing for Tum Records. They're also one of many bands to dispel stereotypes that Scandinavian ensembles are largely about performing chamber jazz amid ethereal soundscapes, evidenced throughout the years on ECM Records and so on. Of course that's not a bad attribute, yet the ...
Mikko Innanen with William Parker and Andrew Cyrille: Song For A New Decade
by John Sharpe
Finnish saxophonist Mikko Innanen has hit upon a sure fire winner with his accompanists on Song For A New Decade. He has enlisted the services of a world class rhythm section in the person of bassist William Parker and drummer Andrew Cyrille, a combination which might show anyone in a good light. But Innanen possesses personality ...
Jukka Perko + Iiro Rantala: It takes two to Tango
by Anthony Shaw
This CD from two verging-on-veteran names on the Finnish jazz scene is a little disappointing in its energy, but not in its charm. Jukka Perko and Iiro Rantala have both earned their laurels years back, playing ear-bending, exhilarating jazz, the former with the likes of Dizzey Gillespie in his 1980s line-up and later McCoy Tyner, the ...
Verneri Pohjola: Bullhorn
by Ian Patterson
Finnish trumpeter Verneri Pohjola has earned his stripes in collaborations with Quintessence, the Ilmiliekki Quartet, UMO--the country's leading big-band--and Black Motor, with whom he recorded the sizzling Rubidium (TUM Records, 2013). It's as a leader, however, with Aurora (ACT Music, 2009)--voted Finish jazz album of the year--and Ancient History (ACT Music, 2012) that he's begun to ...
Iiro Rantala at Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane
by Ian Patterson
Iiro Rantala Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane Dublin March 8, 2015 There's a commonly held belief that anything that is free can't be worth a damn. Not so. Luckily, thanks to Dublin City Council, the Arts Council of Ireland and Improvised Music Company, spring in the Irish capital welcomes not ...
Aleatoric and Imperial Quartet in Helsinki
by Anthony Shaw
Aleatoric and Imperial Quartet Kanneltalo Helsinki, Finland March 12, 2015 For anyone who has come to jazz, as I, via the cross-national recombinations that pop up regularly throughout the European continent this combined gathering of Finnish, French and Belgian musicians on the same bill in Helsinki was nothing less than a ...
