Results for "Verneri Pohjola"

Verneri Pohjola

Where the Streets Lead

By Slowly Rolling Camera

Label: Edition Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: You Are the Truth; Where the Streets Lead; Lost Orbits; The Afternoon of Human Life; Widest Possible Aperture; Illuminate; Feels Like Fiction; A Force for Good.

Slowly Rolling Camera: Where the Streets Lead

by Chris May
July 21, 2021

You might imagine jazz musicians are well suited to run record companies, for risk taking and creativity are fundamental to both activities. Mostly, however, musician-led labels have unhappy histories. Either the musician is not from the top drawer and their A&R skills suffer accordingly; or they lack the administrative skills to run a business enterprise effectively. ...

Timo Lassy and Teppo Mäkynen: Live Recordings 2019-2020

by Friedrich Kunzmann
March 9, 2021

The Finnish pairing of Timo Lassy and Teppo Mäkynen belongs to the kind of collaborations where one really doesn't know what to expect next, but that whatever it is, it's bound to be quite extraordinary. Both respected leaders in their own right and busy musicians in contexts that reach far beyond the boundaries of jazz, the ...

Sooäär-Yaralyan-Ounaskari: Goodbye July

by Ian Patterson
February 7, 2021

Estonian guitarist Jaak Sooäär, Finnish drummer Markku Ounaskari and Armenian bassist Ara Yaralyan first joined ranks in 2016, though all three have been active across the Baltic jazz scenes since the 1990s. Sooäär has collaborated with veterans such as Anders Jormin, Han Bennink and Vladimir Tarasov, Ounaskari with Arve Henriksen and Tore Brunborg, while Yaralyan has ...

Gregory Porter, Kronos Quartet, Alberto Pinton, Pat Metheny & More New Releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 19, 2021

Gregory Porter kicks off the party with his uplifting “Revival Song" while electro-acoustic projects keep the momentum going during the first half and jazz-meets-contemporary music albums take over the second half, including the latest by Pat Metheny first adventure on a new label, Modern Recordings, as well as the celebrated Kronos Quartet in two quite different ...

ALQE

By Antti Lotjonen Quintet East

Label: We Jazz Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Monograph I; Erzeben Strasse; Mary Hartman; Pocket Yoga; Monograph II; Oblique; P.S.; Le Petit Lactoire; Rowan.

The Dead Don't Dream

By Verneri Pohjola

Label: Edition Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Monograph; Wilder Brother; Voices Heard; The Conversationalist; The Dead Don’t Dream; Argirro; Suspended.

Hypnosis

By Pauli Lyytinen Magnetia Orkesteri

Label: Eclipse Music
Released: 2020
Track listing: Feeniks; Teknojazz; Polynesian Prayer; Multidemensional Banquet; Hypnosis; Rhodiola Rosea; Message From Utopia.

Antti Lotjonen Quintet East: ALQE

by Friedrich Kunzmann
August 7, 2020

Bassist Antti Lötjönen is anything but a small name in the Finnish jazz cosmos. Holding down the deep frequency spectrum in some of the country's most renowned instrumental outfits, such as the electronica-infused jazz trio 3TM or the acoustic Ilmiliekki Quartet, Lötjönen has established a cunning reputation as a sideman leading up to this, his debut ...