Tuomo J. Autio - Groovy Moments and Melodies - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The award-winning, Helsinki-based tenor/soprano saxophonist Joonatan Rautio has performed with many top Finnish and International artists, among whom Jim Beard, Randy Brecker, Jon Balke, Jukkis Uotila, Lars Danielsson, Anders Jormin, Ron McClure, Peter Erskine and Finland's UMO Jazz Orchestra are offered as examples. He has led many of his own groups, appeared on dozens of recordings, and as a player is well known for his virtuosity, soloing acumen and vitality. His musical background is firmly rooted in the jazz tradition. Commitment, on Prophone, is his latest trio's latest .

To Future Memories - The Music of Antti Hytti features Finland's legendary master saxophonist/flutist Juhani Aaltonen (b. 1935) with his extended quartet that here includes, in addition to it's regular members pianist Iro Haarla, bassist Ulf Krokfors and drummer Reino Laine, also bassist Ville Herrala and percussionist Tatu RInchnkkInch. They bring additional rhythmic diversity to the music compared the quartet's much lauded first recording, Conclusions (TUM 21). On To Future Memories, Aaltonen presents a selection of compositions by composer, bandleader and bassist Antti Hytti (b. 1952), many of which were originally composed by Hytti for feature movies or short films in the 1980s and 1990s, with Aaltonen as a featured soloist already on the original movie versions. The compositions range from the beauty and quiet contemplation of InchUrsulaInch, InchKukunorInch and the title tune to the mystical unknown worlds of InchHiisiInch and InchHazeInch but also include Aaltonen improvising on the tenor saxophone at the top of his powers on InchReminiscenceInch and InchAll The BirdsInch.

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