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Iro Haarla: Northbound
by Budd Kopman
Beauty can mean many different things, but in my view of music, the concept centers around euphony, construction and the listener's emotional response. Consonant intervals, melodic lines that have internal logic, chord progressions that create and release tension, and timbres that blend together all work toward the beautiful. Add to this the mental imagery that some ...
Iro Haarla: Northbound
by Chris May
During the 1980s and '90s, Iro Haarla was content to keep away from the limelight and act as the generally unacknowledged inner architect of the music of her husband, drummer Edward Vesala, and his Sound & Fury group. Haarla met Vesala shortly after leaving Helsinki's Sibelius Academy in 1978, and until his death in 1999 she ...
Iro Haarla: Northbound
by AAJ Italy Staff
Sarà forse necessario, prima o poi, definire meglio e con precisione il famoso “stile ECM”, tanto noto e riconoscibile, quanto descritto in termini per lo più vaghi e in genere non sufficienti a definirne i tratti caratteristici (come del resto avviene per altri stilemi della musica improvvisata, o jazzistica che dir si voglia, come i riferimenti ...
Iro Haarla: Northbound
by John Kelman
Iro Haarla may not be particularly well-known, but the Finnish pianist/harpist's influence has been felt by anyone familiar with the work of her late husband, drummer Edward Vesala. According to saxophonist Trygve Seim--who not only played with Vesala towards the end of his life, but is also part of Haarla's quintet on her ECM debut, Northbound--Haarla ...
