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Iiro Rantala & Ulf Wakenius: Good Stuff

Read "Good Stuff" reviewed by Neri Pollastri


Il pianista finlandese Iiro Rantala e il chitarrista tedesco Ulf Wakenius sono due tra i più straordinari musicisti europei e tuttavia --forse a causa del loro stile estroso ma relativamente convenzionale --anche tra i più sottovalutati. Alfieri della eccellente etichetta ACT, proprio grazie a quest'ultima hanno avuto modo di collaborare, per un concerto a più voci dedicato a Esbjörn Svensson, tenutosi a Berlino nel 2015, scoprendo grandi affinità e dando vita a un duo che da allora gira l'Europa (ma ...

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Iiro Rantala al Pinocchio Live Jazz di Firenze

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Pinocchio Live Jazz Firenze 17.01.2015 Un jazz club può non apparire il luogo più adatto per mettere in scena un piano solo, tipo di performance che richiede attenzione e raccoglimento per essere apprezzata. Ma quando l'interprete del piano solo è non solo bravissimo, ma anche creativo, pirotecnico, ironico, irruente, allora le cose cambiano e anche un jazz club diventa una cornice adatta. È il caso del concerto tenuto dal finlandese Iiro ...

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Iiro Rantala at Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane

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Iiro Rantala Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane jny:Dublin March 8, 2015 There's a commonly held belief that anything that is free can't be worth a damn. Not so. Luckily, thanks to Dublin City Council, the Arts Council of Ireland and Improvised Music Company, spring in the Irish capital welcomes not only free music, but music out of the top drawer at that. Finnish pianist Iiro Rantala' solo piano concert at the Dublin ...

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Iiro Rantala: My History Of Jazz

Read "My History Of Jazz" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay


It is perhaps an odd history of jazz that opens and closes with a composition by Johann Sebastian Bach, but My History Of Jazz is a very personal history, the history of Finnish pianist Iiro Rantala. His previous album, Lost Heroes (ACT Music, 2011), was a solo piano recording; full of mesmerizingly beautiful music, it was one of the year's finest releases. My History Of Jazz doesn't quite match the consistency of Lost Heroes, but its best moments are on ...

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