Jazzpossu has compiled a handy guide to some of the best Finnish jazz releases from last year for all you good folks living outside Finland. Including several essential releases by Eclipse Music. ... See MoreSee Less
In 2021 we didn't see quite as many Finnish jazz releases as 2020, but despite the Covid-challenges the scene remained lively and picking 20(+1) favorite releases from this year for this showcase w...
Slim Butler reviewed very favorably by Peter Marinus at bluestownmusic.nl. A rough translation from the original Dutch to English below.www.bluestownmusic.nl/recensie-slim-butler-bone-deep/"Sometimes an album pops up from an unexpected corner that you, as a true blues rocker, cannot ignore.In this case it is the third album by Slim Butler , a Finnish band around singer and guitarist Jarmo 'Slim' Puhakka , which also consists of Harri Raudaskoski (guitar), Mikko Löytty (bass) and Jartsa Karvonen (drums, percussion).Jarmo is a guitarist, who has mixed the best elements from the playing of Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Carlos Santana and created a very powerful style of his own.The Hendrix sound is poured directly over you in the opener Ain't No Excuse . An angular pumping, solid funky blues rock song with Jarmo's lived through, almost Chris Rea-like vocals and his masterly hard biting guitar playing.Gots To Pay smoothly swings more in the Stevie Ray Vaughan way with hard twanging and reverberating guitar playing. Soul and country go hand in hand in Roll And Tumble , which looms over Southern Rock.How Deep Is The Water is a lazily grooving blues song with a JJ Cale-esque languor and light 'The Thrill Is Gone' touches. Then the shuffle Darkest Night blasts out of the speakers with unparalleled guitar playing.After the lazily floating and jazzy Blues Done Left Me , Slim On Ice shows the necessary (early) Santana traits in which the guitar playing screams even louder than Carlos Santana.Then according to there are two intimate songs. Quarter Past Four sounds languid and jazzy a la Do It Again by Steely Dan and C'Est La Vie is an acoustic song with Tatu Kantomaa 's melancholy bandoneon as a guest.The hard bopping Why Doncha with its fiery abrasive guitar work closes the album while rocking.This album by Slim Butler is an absolute blues rock recommendation!" ... See MoreSee Less
Featuring Sons of Kemet, Pat Metheny, Rosie Frater-Taylor, Julian Lage and more, all of these outstanding albums were reviewed in the 2021 issues of Jazzwise and all were selected as Editor's Choice
Nyt kun jazzvuosi 2021 on saatu pakettiin vuoden parhailla (tosin useampi 2021 levyjuttu on vielä tulossa lähiviikkoina) on aika luoda kuukausittaisessa soittolistassa katse vuoteen 2022. Tässä ku...
