Juhani Aaltonen

[Eloe Omoe]

Just received it. It sounds great :-)

www.tumrecords.com

Luca

[Kari S]

Juhani "Junnu" Aaltonen is a 70-year-old legendary Finnish free saxophonist. Also check "Mother Tongue", also on that TUM Records label. Here's a brief bio: http://www.fimic.fi/fimic/fimic.nsf/mainfr...22566C10046EA02

[Eloe Omoe]

Also check "Mother Tongue", also on that TUM Records label.

I have that, too

Aaltonen has been a favorite of mine since I heard him playing with Arild Andersen's quartet in the Seventies (there's also an ECM record of that group, that has never been out on CD, I guess).

A very impressive player.

Luca

[JSngry]

Got both of those, and they're very nice indeed. Very pensive, soulful music.

Had no idea that he was 70, though!

[Swinger]

As Kari S said,you should also get Mother Tongue (another Finn here?) .Superb playing. I have both of those cds and I've been playing them *several* times in the past 12 months.

I've also listened to several other Tum Records cds and while they sound great,those two mentioned above really stand out. Tum Records is a Finnish equivalent to HatHut/ECM---> they release some really high quality music but they are definitely not to everyone's taste.

Edited February 11, 2005 by Swinger

[Guest che]

I read a review of this and I have been trying to locate the album, thanks for the link, I just love Finnish Jazz.

Che.

[Swinger]

Che:

I don't know where you live but if you happen to live in the EU,you can order Reflections at http://www.cdon.com/

If you are looking for Mother Tongue and you are living in the USA, you can order it at Downtown Music Gallery:

http://www.dtmgallery.com/Main/index.htm

http://search2.downtownmusicgallery.com/Se...cgi?s3.aaltonen

[Guest che]

Che:

I don't know where you live but if you happen to live in the EU,you can order Reflections at http://www.cdon.com/

If you are looking for Mother Tongue and you are living in the USA, you can order it at Downtown Music Gallery:

http://www.dtmgallery.com/Main/index.htm

http://search2.downtownmusicgallery.com/Se...cgi?s3.aaltonen

Swinger.

Thanks for the infomation.

Che.

[Guest che]

Che:

I don't know where you live but if you happen to live in the EU,you can order Reflections at http://www.cdon.com/

If you are looking for Mother Tongue and you are living in the USA, you can order it at Downtown Music Gallery:

http://www.dtmgallery.com/Main/index.htm

http://search2.downtownmusicgallery.com/Se...cgi?s3.aaltonen

Swinger.

Thanks for the infomation.

Che.

Just ordered this album, and a few other Finnish jazz albums.

Che.

[Guest che]

And it is very expensive.

Finnish Jazz is not that cheap.

che.

[mjazzg]

A new release on TUM imminent

http://tumrecords.com/036-to-future-memories

many of the usual suspects involved so i think we can be confident it'll be up to the usual high standards

[A Lark Ascending]

Yes I saw that. I'm still awaiting the two TUM discs I ordered a couple of weeks back - one Aaltonen, one Haarla. Though I did secure a copy of the disc with Workman/Cyrille from deepest Gloucestershire.

Perhaps this thread could widen to Finnish jazz in general. I'm curious.