0662578831105

Alder Ego

Joonas Leppanen, Jarno Tikka, Tomi Nikku & Teemu Akerblom

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Format: CD

Cat No: AT016

Release Date:  26 May 2017

Label:  AMP Music & Records

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  0662578831105

Genres:  Jazz  Contemporary  

  • Description

    'Alder ego' is an ensemble created by the 33-year old drummer & composer Joonas Leppanen. It features a group of prime young talents from the buzzing Finnish jazz scene: Jarno Tikka on tenor saxophone, Tomi Nikku on trumpet and Teemu Ã…kerblom on double bass.



    The piano-less concept of the band creates a spacious foundation, where the lucid interplay of trumpet and sax and the subtle harmonics of the bass can roam free.



    "I like to have visual images or narratives behind every song I compose. For example, Homecoming sort of depicts the feeling of how it feels to return to Finland in November, this is not exactly the sunniest country in the world..."
    "The closing track, "Panda", features the sublime Harri Kuusijärvi on accordion, an instrument deeply associated with the Scandinavian folk music tradition, but as proven here, is also capable of expressing much more.
    "A poetic murmuration of birds" was inspired by watching too many youtube videos of starlings flying in large flocks in the sky. It is so subtle how they fly in large formations and made me think of the quiet force that resides in nature and how it can be a little scary, mysterious and mesmerising at the same time." - Joonas Leppanen


  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Homecoming
      • 2. The Last Dance
      • 3. Moon 5
      • 4. Timelapse
      • 5. Starfish
      • 6. A Poetic Murmuration of Birds
      • 7. Panda