Verneri Pohjola - Trumpet
Aki Rissanen - Piano
Antti Lötjönen - Bass
Joonas Riippa - Drums
recorded live at Jazzclub Unterfahrt, München, March 25, 2011
1. Akvavit (Pohjola)
2. For Three (Pohjola)
3. Askisto (Pohjola)
4. Boxer Diesel (Pohjola)
5. What Reason Could I Give (Ornette Coleman)
6. Colossus (Verneri Pohjola)
7. Spirit of S (Verneri Pohjola)
8. Kuohija (Verneri Pohjola)
9. Karhu (Verneri Pohjola)
10. In The End Of This Album (Verneri Pohjola)
Pohjola is a name with great symbolic power in Finland. It is the main place in the national epic poem Kalevala, and the surname of one of the country’s best known jazz musician families. With Aurora, trumpeter Verneri Pohjola is now creating quite a stir outside his homeland. In Finland his debut won the Emma award as leader, the Finnish Grammy, as “Best Jazz Album of 2009”.
It was clear that the trumpeter would go on to have a musical career from very early on. He was born in 1977, the son of national jazz legend Pekka Pohjola. From 1999 he studied jazz at the Sibelius Academy, one of Europe’s leading academies, and in 2004 he was named Young Artist of the Year at the Pori Jazz Festival. In that same year the Finnish jazz critics also declared him the Best Trumpeter and Musician of the Year.
Even though Aurora is Pohjola’s first work under his own name, he is no longer a newcomer. The Finn consciously gave his music time to mature and to find its own artistic expression. When ACT star Nils Landgren heard Pohjola’s debut album, he was immediately captivated. He promptly invited the trumpeter to the Berlin Jazz Festival 2010 and raved to his label boss, Siggi Loch, about this great talent. That Sweden and Norway are real “treasures troves” for first class jazz is far from a secret but its tranquil neighbouring country, covered by forests, lakes, deer and with only 5 million inhabitants was until now undiscovered.
It was clear that the trumpeter would go on to have a musical career from very early on. He was born in 1977, the son of national jazz legend Pekka Pohjola. From 1999 he studied jazz at the Sibelius Academy, one of Europe’s leading academies, and in 2004 he was named Young Artist of the Year at the Pori Jazz Festival. In that same year the Finnish jazz critics also declared him the Best Trumpeter and Musician of the Year.
Even though Aurora is Pohjola’s first work under his own name, he is no longer a newcomer. The Finn consciously gave his music time to mature and to find its own artistic expression. When ACT star Nils Landgren heard Pohjola’s debut album, he was immediately captivated. He promptly invited the trumpeter to the Berlin Jazz Festival 2010 and raved to his label boss, Siggi Loch, about this great talent. That Sweden and Norway are real “treasures troves” for first class jazz is far from a secret but its tranquil neighbouring country, covered by forests, lakes, deer and with only 5 million inhabitants was until now undiscovered.
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