Pohjola, Verneri - Pekka
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28-EDIT1092.2
Verneri Pohjola - Trumpet
Tuomo Prättälä - Fender Rhodes
Teemu Viinikainen - Guitar
Mika Kallio - Drums
Antti Lötjönen - Bass
"Finnish trumpeter and composer Verneri Pohjola reinterprets the music of his late father, internationally acclaimed and revered prog-rock bassist and composer, Pekka Pohjola. One of the most anticipated albums to emerge from the Finnish progressive, rock and jazz scenes, it combines Pekka's music, adored in Finland and worldwide over the last four decades, with Verneri's powerful sense of music making. Pekka is an album that will excite, inspire and move many fans across borders, generations and genres."
"‘Pekka’ is the new, epochal album in Finnish trumpeter/composer Verneri Pohjola’s already illustrious and prolific career. An album that promises to be a defining moment in Finnish culture, Pekka reinterprets the music of Verneri’s late father Pekka Pohjola, the internationally acclaimed and revered prog-rock bassist and composer, through the prism of his son’s unique vision. Seeking to combine Pekka’s music, adored in Finland and internationally during the last four decades, with Verneri’s powerful sense of music making, ‘Pekka’ is an album that will excite, inspire and move many fans across borders, generations and genres.
The music on Pekka, is taken from albums spanning over two decades. As Verneri explains. ‘Of course I had grown up with Pekka’s music and I had my favourites such as Benjamin, First Morning and The Dragon that I wanted to record. Often I was surprised to find music I did not know but I knew I wanted to find a balance to the whole album. Rediscovering the music was an emotional and therapeutic exercise for me and recording the album provided me with the perfect way to remember him as a father and musician’."
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