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Iro Haarla Quintet: Vespers
by John Kelman
It's been six years since Iro Haarla released Northbound (ECM)--while not her actual debut as a leader, certainly her first with international exposure--an album of remarkable beauty that cemented the Finnish pianist/harpist/composer's position as the silent voice behind the music of her late husband, drummer Edward Vesala. There's no denying the import of Vesala's work for ...
Verneri Pohjola: Aurora
by Bruce Lindsay
Finnish trumpeter/composer Verneri Pohjola comes from a well-established family of jazz musicians: both his father, famed bassist Pekka Pohjola, and his younger brother, trombonist Ilmari, join him here. Pohjola was voted Musician Of The Year by Finnish jazz critics in 2004, but Aurora is his debut as leader. This is a work of immense beauty which ...
Conclusions
Label: TUM Records
Released: 2010
Track listing:
01. Shimmer of Fallen Stars (Iro Haarla) - 6:07;
02. Ronda (Juhani Aaltonen) - 12:05;
03. Rautapallo (Ulf Krokfors) - 4:22;
04. Blessing (Iro Haarla) - 4:48;
05. Good Old Times (Juhani Aaltonen) - 8:27;
06. Agape (Iro Haarla) - 7:58;
07. Never Ending Sea (Ulf Krokfors) - 5:11;
08. Consolation (Juhani Aaltonen) - 7:02;
09. Reflections (Juhani Aaltonen) - 9:44;
10. Ice Breaking (Iro Haarla) - 5:36.
Tampere Jazz Happening 2010: Days 3-4, November 6-7, 2010
by John Kelman
Day 1 | Day 2 | Days 3-4 Tampere Jazz HappeningTampere, FinlandNovember 4-7, 2010 While most festivals aim to keep the energy, commitment and creativity levels high, few succeed at starting with a high bar and raising it continuously throughout the course of the event. While the first two days of ...
Tampere Jazz Happening 2010: Day 2, November 5, 2010
by John Kelman
Day 1 | Day 2 | Days 3-4 Tampere Jazz HappeningTampere, FinlandNovember 4-7, 2010 Day two of Tampere Jazz Happening kicked the festival into high gear, with a terrific line-up at both the festival's primary venues: Pakkahuone's Old Customs House Hall, which seats upwards of a thousand people and is used ...
Tampere Jazz Happening 2010: Day 1, November 4, 2010
by John Kelman
Day 1 | Day 2 | Days 3-4 Tampere Jazz HappeningTampere, FinlandNovember 4-7, 2010 Winter may be approaching in Tampere, Finland, and the days getting shorter, but that only provides a better reason to stay inside and check out some of the country's most forward-thinking jazz artists at Tampere Jazz ...
Pori Jazz and its Ultra Music scene
by Anthony Shaw
Pori Jazz Festival--Ultra Music NightsPori FinlandJuly 17--25, 2010 Pori Jazz trucks on--this was its 45th year of action, still housed on the banks of the River Kokemäki and with links spread to all corners of this normally rather sleepy town on Finland's west coast. This year it ran concurrently ...
Juhani Aaltonen: Conclusions
by AAJ Italy Staff
Al pubblico del jazz in Italia il sassofonista e flautista Juhani Aaltonen è quasi sconosciuto. Eppure è uno dei grandi nomi del jazz scandinavo, ha raggiunto la considerevole età di 75 anni ed evidenzia in questo lavoro tutte le sue doti. Come altri tenoristi della sua generazione il sassofonista finlandese è stato profondamente segnato dall'ascolto di ...
Arild Andersen: Green Into Blue - Early Quartets
by John Kelman
He's one of Norway's “Big Four"—a group of artists who, with the assistance of the emerging ECM label in the early 1970s, kick-started international focus on the music from a country that, despite its relatively small population, has become a truly vital force in the evolution of jazz over the past 40 years. Alongside saxophonist Jan ...
