Results for "UMOCD"

Album

Sauna Palaa!

Label: UMOCD
Released: 2006
Track listing: Otava; Kivi Palaa; Kalvean Immen Tarina; Stenvall; Kuu Ulvoo; Kivelle; Simeoni (73:51).

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Article: Album Review

UMO Jazz Orchestra: Sauna Palaa!

Read "Sauna Palaa!" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
February 16, 2006

In Finland, world-class big band jazz is spelled UMO. The country's premier large ensemble, now ably conducted by Kirmo Lintinen, has been defining big band jazz with a Scandinavian accent for more than three decades. The group's latest album, Sauna Palaa!, encompasses seven original compositions by as many Finnish composers (including one by Lintinen) inspired by ...

Album

Celebrates Ellington

By UMO Jazz Orchestra

Label: UMOCD
Released: 1999

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Article: Album Review

UMO Jazz Orchestra: Celebrates Ellington

by Jack Bowers
June 1, 1999

Ceremonies marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of Jazz immortal Duke Ellington are being accompanied not only by reissues of Duke’s music but by new recordings from groups of all shapes and sizes around the world. Finland’s superb UMO Jazz Orchestra Celebrates Ellington with a charming performance of 14 of his memorable compositions whose earnestness ...