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A Grand Day Out (Live) features, along with Jouni Järvelä's magnificent playing on soprano, alto, and the rare C-melody saxophones, the most prominent of Finnish musical talents: Samuli Mikkonen on piano and synthesizers, Marzi Nyman on guitars and Lasse Lindgren on electric bass and fretless acoustic bass guitar. The amazing interaction of the group is accented by the preeminent leading European drummer, Norwegian Audun Kleive.
The compositions on the record are for most part by Järvelä and Mikkonen. This record is a fantastic chance to get to witness, in unedited live performance, the wide variety of Jouni Järvelä Group's highly personal compositions, soaring improvisations and open communication, with moods ranging from rough to fragile.
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The Jouni Jarvela Group: A Grand Day Out
by Anthony Shaw
The Jouni Järvelä Group is rather exceptional in that over half of the material is written by band members other than its saxophonist/leader. Within the same piece the music can swing from a punctuated melodic Pink Floydian wash to a Wes Montgomerian excursion, and back via a Zappa-style freeform multilogue. That said, Järvelä is a player with a strong preference for understatement.
Featuring names well-established on the Finnish modern music scene, this second album contains a mix of live tracks ...
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