Pasi Virtanen

Tonight, @toriamos in #Helsinki

@stavrossky38 One of the greatest albums of all time

Glasgow boy hits the big smoke….down in London this week….had to hit up Soho to pick up some records. Nefertiti hitting the spot right now….Tony Williams was a drumming genius!!🔥

@funkentechno I stopped buying every new Foat LP since there are so many, but I'll still check every new release out

Greg Foat - Blobs Foat is back AGAIN with a new album of dreamy drifters inspired by his 4yo nephew's drawing (cover art). "Ambient Library Music for Woodwind and Synthesiser" indeed. I can hardly keep up with his output, but no complaints when it's this good

Today's record store haul, Mint Jams, 1980s live Espoo Big Band, new Alan Braufman and Kiri Ra! Out today on @wejazzhelsinki

@LewistheLight1 Talking about holding your instrument...

I love how like every other 80s jazz album was just class picture day backdrop & maybe artist holding their instrument if they could

@LewistheLight1 @ShortSeller65 I think many of the 80s Wynton albums are good, particularly Black Codes (From the Underground), but also Think of One in addition to J Mood.

@ShortSeller65 Yeah imo the wynton albums aren’t as good. I like J mood but haven’t felt the need to buy any others. I have enjoyed him on a few albums of others from the 80s tho. I think part of it is it’s harder to really stand out on trumpet. To lead an album you really have to be unique

#nowplaying #jazz 1986 us. Early Branford Marsalis cheap heat. Divorced for the corniness of their little return to tradition movement at the time, most of what these guys put out are just really nice inventive jazz records. This is one of best of his early ones I’ve heard

@LewistheLight1 Even Duke knew that there was a new age coming

#nowplaying #jazz 1967 US. A late period Ellington/ Strayhorn masterpiece

@fritzpape The definitive electric Ornette album, I think. It's a little disappointing to me that all the derivative work got ignored to the point where this didn't end up as an enduring era generating classic.

now Shredding; this copy has been waiting patiently in the bins for me for months - first time I've ever dug into this record, and of course what a joy it is!

@LewistheLight1 @jetskitosway2 It's not exactly representative, though. Looks like some GRP records fusion jam (although the sound is very 80s for what it is, I suppose)

@jetskitosway2 Yeah for 80s jazz and later milestone esp this is a great cover

#nowplaying #jazz 1980 us. One level below god-tier Tyner imo

Manala After Work Jazz special Vappu session with guitarist Olli Soikkeli visiting from New York. Three day weekend and vacation week next week! 🎉

@MaraniA007 @SpotifyStatus Here in Finland looks like it plays tracks for 10 seconds and then silence on desktop app, Android app gives a message suggesting listening to something you have downloaded while it's waiting for Internet

@SpotifyStatus Nah, down again, at least in Switzerland. No Audio output.

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@LewistheLight1 Shazam 👌

#nowplaying #jazz 1972 us reissue. Pure magic in this. One of Shepp’s best. Also top tier album cover art

Weekly jazz jam at Sörkan Ruusu Helsinki - houseband tonight is Adele Sauros, Mikael Saastamoinen and Roope Kantonen

Done with April Jazz and writing my blog coverage about the festival, so time to enjoy this weeks new vinyl. Hot Heros going deep in Finnish folk jazz, reissue of Min Bul, 1970 Norwegian psych rocky free with Terje Rypdal, Bill Laswell and Matt Gold & Dustin Laurenzi.

April Jazz 40th celebration gig with drummer Jukkis Uotila who played at the very first festival in 1987. International band with Seamus Blake, Gerard Presencer, Holger Marjamaa and Alex Claffy.

@funkentechno It's apparently based on something Bob Blumenthal wrote a long time ago, but a seemingly tone deaf attempt at "storytelling" considering how revered Alice has been on her own in this century.

I've literally never heard anyone refer to Alice as the "Yoko Ono of jazz" except the mushbrained dweeb who wrote this headline. Great way to make sure I never read a publication!

Tonight at April Jazz Espoo: Wishamalii A band noteworthy for making good use of pianist Kari Ikonen's Maqiano tuning tools that allow microtonal tuning adjustments to a standard piano allowing performing maqam inspired music and other microtonal stuff on any piano.

@Top10Nathan An era defining fusion album, but also a divisive one. I'm certainly more of an early Weather Report kind of guy, but Heavy Weather is an undeniable classic of late 70's fusion.

#AllThatJazz I've heard hundreds of jazz recordings, but I was really expecting Weather Report to land near the top. Perhaps too straight for my looking. Heavy Weather is obviously good, but don't see me returning often. A Remark You Made is gorgeous though ❤️

April Jazz Festival Wednesday: Marius Neset Quartet

Tonight at.öy hometown yearly cultural highlight April Jazz festival: Elifantree who are coming out with a new album May 8.