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Jaska Lukkarinen Trio: Trane Ear

Read "Trane Ear" reviewed by Anthony Shaw


This is an album with origins deep in the heart of the Finnish nu-jazz fraternity, featuring three alumni of the Folk and Jazz Department of the national Sibelius Academy. However Jaska Lukkarinen has learned more than just percussion and drums, having spent a season at the Manhattan School of Drumming, where the concept of a drum-led ...

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Ilmiliekki Quartet: Take It With Me

Read "Take It With Me" reviewed by Budd Kopman


A good example of the breadth and the wonder of jazz is the world of difference that exists in the music, even in a small country like Finland. Specifically, the Five Corners Quintet inhabits an entirely different planet than the Ilmiliekki Quartet as represented by March of the Alpha Males (TUM, 2003) and Take It With ...

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Ilmiliekki Quartet at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola

Read "Ilmiliekki Quartet at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola" reviewed by Budd Kopman


Ilmiliekki QuartetNorthern Lights Jazz SeriesDizzy's Club Coca-Cola7:30 PM, October 9, 2006 The Ilmiliekki Quartet is a young, exciting group from Finland who are quite serious about creating an individual group sound through their compositions and improvisatory interactions. Soon to come out with a new album on TUM Records, the band ...

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March of the Alpha Males

Label: TUM Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1.ICO 2.Anchor Song 3.Old May become New 4.Answer Kalho, Answer 5.Monastery 6.March of the Alpha Males 7.Melankolinaa 8.Blue Jv

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Ilmiliekki Quartet: March of the Alpha Males

Read "March of the Alpha Males" reviewed by Matthew Wuethrich


Jazz musicians have longed mined popular song forms. Two legends in particular – Miles Davis and Chet Baker – devoutly explored them. In his biography of Miles Davis, John Szwed ponders their interest: ”They both saw that despite the naive optimism of most pop songs, they were essentially sad; in fact, they formed a long chain ...


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