Martti Vesala Soundpost Quintet
Release Date: 20 April 2018
Label: Ozella Music
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4038952000805
Genres: Jazz Modern Postbebop
Description
Finnish Trumpet player Martti Vesala clearly loves the jazz of the '60s and '70s - his music is melodic without being too easy, funky and yet relaxed, filled to the brim with gripping grooves and ripping solos.
Little wonder, then, that legendary jazz publication Downbeat recently compared him to Miles Davis. And yet, thanks to Vesala's drive, passion and virtuosity 'Stars Aligned' feels perfectly contemporary. The instantly recognisable production of the album, somewhere between vintage and entirely contemporary sound design, was sculpted by star producer Miikka Huttunen, highly respected for a string of successful Finnish releases from pop to jazz.
Astoundingly, all eight minutely detailed arrangements of 'Stars Aligned' were taped in a mere three days: The title track with its emotionally ambivalent Leitmotiv and utopian harmonies; experimental study "Murky Green"; and, last but not least, beat-driven pieces like "Driving Force" or "A Murder of Crows", which, with their casually swinging bass-and-drum-loops, are reminiscent of David Holme's classic soundtrack for blockbuster Ocean's Eleven.
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
Martti Vesala Soundpost Quintet
