Release Date: 02 June 2017
Label: Edition Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5065001530609
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Release Date: 02 June 2017
Label: Edition Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5065001530609
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Description
Bullhorn is the new album by Finnish trumpeter/composer, Verneri Pohjola, his third as leader. Based in Helsinki, the thirty-six year old has been in the international spotlight for the past few years and is acknowledged as a jazz star in the making. His distinctive tone, with its deeply affecting purity and lyricism, and highly melodic improvising is embedded in self-penned compositions marked by memorable and imaginative themes that steer clear of any hackneyed notion of Nordic jazz.
Bullhorn is a key album in Pohjolas career, marking the shift from a rising start to an artist of real substance with a powerful, unique sound and a sense of deepening maturity and clarity of vision. Bullhorn is the album that finally realises Verneris enormous creative potential.
Featuring his long term associates and friends: pianist Aki Rissanen, bassist Antti Ltjnen and drummer Teppo Mkynen, Bullhorn undertakes a panoramic overview of Verneris wide-ranging, evocative yet energetic approach to music-making, anchored in his strong, personal sound.
As Pohjola explains: "It has the intimate sounds and lyricism in improvised passages that I love, but also the rough energy and emphasis on the compositions - everything I want to express in my music".
Tracklisting
Finding Ways (Sebastian Rochford)
Fergus McCreadie
Donny McCaslin
Petter Eldh
Nils Petter Molvaer
Frida Touray
Jasper Hoiby
Polar Bear
Verneri Pohjola
Verneri Pohjola
Verneri Pohjola