Aki Rissanen / Jussi Lehtonen Quartet & Dave Liebman
Release Date: 20 April 2015
Label: Ozella Music
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4038952000584
Genres: Jazz Contemporary
Description
Acclaimed Finnish musicians, hotly-tipped pianist Aki Rissanen and drummer virtuoso Jussi Lehtonen invited legendary saxophonist Dave Liebman to record this quartet album with them.
The entire album was recorded live in two days at the Finnish Broadcasting Company in Helsinki, Finland in April 2013. The quartet recorded music by Rissanen with echoes from Finnish folk music and "Pont Marie", a composition by the pianist inspired by the Billy Strayhorn masterpiece "Chelsea Bridge". They added originals by Liebman and Lehtonen and an interesting arrangement by Liebman of Clare Fischer classic "Pensativa", as an homage to recently passed away composer (1928 - 2012).
The result was a perfect example of international co-operation with musicians with different backgrounds and musical heritages combining both the Nordic and American traditions in an innovative way.
Personnel: Dave Liebman (tenor and soprano saxophone, wooden flute), Aki Rissanen (piano), Jori Huhtala (bass), Jussi Lehtonen (drums)
Tracklisting
Helge Lien Trio & Tore Brunborg
Helge Lien Trio
Dagobert Bohm
Helge Lien & Knut Hem
Helge Lien & Knut Hem
Helge Lien Trio
Oddgeir Berg Trio
Rain Sultanov
Nigel Price Organ Trio
Conrad Herwig
Norma Winstone & Kit Downes
Oded Tzur
Su Rossy Girod, Nat Su, Jorge Rossy
Jonathan Salvi Arugula Sextet
Bob Baldwin
Steven Nichols
