ESA PIETILÄ TRIO - latest cd release (new free/avantgarde from scandinavia)

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ESA PIETILÄ TRIO - New cd release "TRAVEL OF FULICA ATRA"
New scandinavian freejazz / avantgarde expression

Esa Pietilä: tenor sax,
Uffe Krokfors: bass
Markku Ounaskari: drums

"With buoyancy and immediate claim to the listener's attention…" - JAZZREVIEW.COM

"while never resorting to the tired bag of tricks that so few have been able to resist before him"
CADENCE, USA

http://www.esapietila.com

Esa Pietilä Trio from Helsinki, Finland, navigates and explores new and fresh improvisational fields of scandinavian freejazz / avantgarde expression with strikingly rich communication & intense interaction, ranging from straightforward energetic free playing to rich contrapuntal textures & colours, ambient sceneries and soundscapes. With maximum of group interaction and by using the group's engaged absorption in the music plus the members interest in the infinite potential of the sounds they can create, they deliver a visceral gut-punch with both urgency and subtlety. The Trio´s openness for free improvisation and the elaboration upon the conventional roles of their instruments, highlights a larger goal: creating a unified group identity. The group´s leader, Esa Pietilä injects immediacy and surprise into his playing by going for unplanned gems that like-minded interaction can discover through spontaneous playing. His interests are as much about implication-the spaces between the dots he punches ou t-as about literal adherence to pre-written composition. The Trio has been actively performing with success in many Scandinavian and European festivals & clubs.

The members of the group are internationally acclaimed artists, who have performed with names like Tomas Stanko, Jon Christensen, Anders Jormin, Ron McClure, Arve Henriksen, Eric Vloiemans, Lars Danielson, Tim Hagans, Trygve Seim, Claudio Fasoli, Edward Vesala, Mathias Eick, Mike Nock, Heiri Kaenzig, Nygyen Le, Odean Pope, Hilmar Jensson, Anders Bergcrantz, Filip Augustson, Magnus Broo,... at festivals in Italy, France, Norway, Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Spain, Sweden, England, USA, Australia, Iceland, New Zeeland, Brazil, Cuba…

best regards,
admin / www.esapietila.com

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Welcome, Finland! The Finnish avantgarde says it's part of Scandinavia. It all starts in our minds. Scandinavia is expanding!

Hopefully this is something interesting. The trio sure have played with some fine musicians. And you should have mentioned Juhani Aaltonen, too. Isn't Uffe Krogfors on his recordings?