Finnish saxophone & flute player Jorma Tapio and his group Kaski of Ville Rauhala on bass and Janne Tuomi on drums & percussion, with both Tapio and Tuomi playing Kantele, a traditional plucked string instrument, present a beautifully rich and spiritual album named for a shaman's trip to the underworld, reflecting on local folk music and free jazz traditions.
Label: 577 Records Catalog ID: 5846 Squidco Product Code: 29374
Format: CD Condition: New Released: 2020 Country: USA Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold Recorded at VR Studio, in Turku, Finland, on October 24th and 25th, 2109, by Jarno Alho.
"With the new album 'Aliseen', legendary Finnish saxophone player Jorma Tapio and his group Kaski connect two traditions: local folk music and free jazz. Jorma Tapio formed Kaski in 2015. Kaski is the Finnish term to describe the traditional way of burning a forest to make the ground fertile again.
The eleven songs that make up the album reflect on rural life in Finland, a country that has been occupied either by Sweden or Russia through the centuries; a nordic land with long dark winters, midnight sun in the summer, and deep links to the spiritual world.
The album title, Aliseen is the Finnish word for a shaman's trip to the underworld. What makes this album so special is Tapio's success in combining the Finnish dark, mysterious and spiritual traditional world with the cosmic sound of Don Byas, John Coltrane, Albert Ayler, and the great tradition of American jazz, free jazz, and improvised music."-577