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Edward Vesala
Edward Vesala (15 February 1945 – 4 December 1999), born Martti Vesala, was a Finnish avant-garde jazz drummer. Career Born in Mäntyharju, he began playing jazz and rock in the 1960s, in such bands as Blues Section and Apollo. In the 1970s, he led his own jazz groups, a quartet with Polish trumpet player Tomasz Stańko and sax player Tomasz Szukalski, played with Toto Blanke's Electric Circus, and recorded with Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek. In the 1980s and 1990s, Vesala recorded several albums of his own compositions that combined jazz, classical music, tango, and folk music with his own group Sound & Fury, an ensemble of about ten players made up mostly of Vesala's students. Prominent players in Sound and Fury included saxophonists Jorma Tapio and Pepa Päivinen, guitarists Raoul Björkenheim and Jimi Sumén, and harpist and keyboardist Iro Haarla, who was Vesala's wife. Vesala died from congestive heart failure in Yläne, Finland at the age of 54. Discogr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate oceanic climate, with relatively warm summers and chilly winters. Prague is a political, cultural, and economic hub of central Europe, with a rich history and Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque architectures. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia and residence of several Holy Roman Emperors, most notably Charles IV (r. 1346–1378). It was an important city to the Habsburg monarchy and Austro-Hungarian Empire. The city played major roles in the Bohemian and the Protestant Reformations, the Thirty Years' War and in 20th-century history as the capital of Czechoslovakia between the World Wars and the post-war Communist era. Prague is home to a number of well-known cultural attractions, many of which survived t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pepa Päivinen
Performance Evaluation Process Algebra (PEPA) is a stochastic process algebra designed for modelling computer and communication systems introduced by Jane Hillston in the 1990s. The language extends classical process algebras such as Milner's CCS and Hoare's CSP by introducing probabilistic branching and timing of transitions. Rates are drawn from the exponential distribution and PEPA models are finite-state and so give rise to a stochastic process, specifically a continuous-time Markov process (CTMC). Thus the language can be used to study quantitative properties of models of computer and communication systems such as throughput, utilisation and response time as well as qualitative properties such as freedom from deadlock. The language is formally defined using a structured operational semantics in the style invented by Gordon Plotkin. As with most process algebras, PEPA is a parsimonious language. It has only four combinators, ''prefix'', ''choice'', ''co-operation'' a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenny Wheeler
Kenneth Vincent John Wheeler, OC (14 January 1930 – 18 September 2014) was a Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player, based in the U.K. from the 1950s onwards. Most of his performances were rooted in jazz, but he was also active in free improvisation and occasionally contributed to rock music recordings. Wheeler wrote over one hundred compositions and was a skilled arranger for small groups and large ensembles. Wheeler was the patron of the Royal Academy Junior Jazz course. Early life Wheeler was born in Toronto, Ontario, on 14 January 1930. Growing up in Toronto, he began playing the cornet at age 12 and became interested in jazz in his mid-teens. Wheeler spent a year studying composition at The Royal Conservatory of Music in 1950. In 1952 he moved to Britain. He found his way into the London jazz scene of the time, playing in groups led by Tommy Whittle, Tubby Hayes, and Ronnie Scott. Career In the late 1950s, he was a member of Buddy Featherstonhaugh's quint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balladyna (album)
''Balladyna'' is an album by Polish jazz trumpeter and composer Tomasz Stańko recorded in 1975 and released on the ECM label. Reception The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 3½ stars stating "as pleasant as it is to listen to all the way through, it is equally satisfying, and lies deep within the souls of these four adroit and accomplished musicians playing together as one". Track listing Personnel *Tomasz Stańko: trumpet *Tomasz Szukalski: tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone *Dave Holland: bass *Edward Vesala: drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair of matching drumsticks ... References {{Authority control ECM Records albums Tomasz Stańko albums 1976 albums Albums produced by Manfred Eicher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polskie Nagrania Muza
Polskie Nagrania "Muza" ("Polish Records 'Muse' ", official name since 2005: "Polskie Nagrania Sp. z o.o", i.e., Polskie Nagrania Ltd.) is a Polish record label based in Warsaw. It has produced records in many genres including pop, rock, jazz, folklore, classical, children. Until its purchase by Warner Music Poland in 2015, for €1.9 million, the label was owned by the Polish government. The label was established in 1956 after the merger of the vinyl record factory ''Muza'' and the record house ''Polskie Nagrania'' (with the history of the latter traced to the Interbellum times). It also produced musical literature."Nowa encyklopedia powszechna", PWN , Volume 5, 1997, , article "Polskie Nagrania" In addition to its own vinyl record factory, it also used the factories of Pronit and Veriton. Roster * ABBA (single release "Honey Honey"/"My Mama Said" (1974) * Anna German * Bajm * Budka Suflera * Czerwone Gitary * Czerwono-Czarni (disbanded) * Deuter * Dżem * Grzegorz Markowski * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triptykon (album)
''Triptykon'' is the fourth album by Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek, his third release on the ECM label, and is performed by Garbarek with Arild Andersen and Edward Vesala. Reception Jazz historian and Jazzwise journalist, Stuart Nicholson, identified ''Triptykon'' to be one of Garbarek's top five best recordings, noting that it presented a 'radical twist' in Garbarek's musical style. This 'twist' was also highlighted in an Allmusic review by Brian Olewnick, who awarded the album 4½ stars and stating, "Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek took several intriguing stylistic turns early in his career, none more extreme than that shown on ''Triptykon''... an expressionist trio drawing on both free improvisation and Scandinavian folk tunes, roaring, stumbling, and reeling, evoking an aural equivalent of Edvard Munch. Garbarek's work on all his reeds is assured and imaginative, even as the context is often dark and bleak... Highly recommended". Track listing All compositions by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nordic Gallery
Nordic most commonly refers to: * Nordic countries, written in plural as Nordics, the northwestern European countries, including Scandinavia, Fennoscandia and the North Atlantic * Scandinavia, a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe * a native of Northern Europe * Nordic or North Germanic languages Nordic may also refer to: Synonym for Scandinavian or Norse * Nordic Bronze Age, a period and a Bronze Age culture in Scandinavian pre-history * Nordic folklore * Nordic mythology * Nordic paganism Relating to a racial category * Nordic race, a race group * Nordic theory or Nordicism, the belief that Northern Europeans constitute a "master race", a theory which influenced Adolf Hitler. * Nordic League, a far right organisation in the United Kingdom from 1935 to 1939 * Nordic aliens, a group of supposed humanoid extraterrestrial beings whose appearance resembles the Nordic physical type Sports * Bidding system for Contract bridge * Nordic combined, a wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Invisible Storm
''Invisible Storm'' is an album by Finnish avant-garde jazz composer, bandleader and drummer Edward Vesala recorded in 1991 and released on the ECM label in 1992.ECM discography accessed October 4, 2011 Reception The review awarded the album 2 stars.Allmusic Reviewaccessed October 4, 2011 Track listing :''All compositions by Edward Vesala'' # "Sheets And Shrouds" - 0:35 # "Murmuring Morning" - 1:21 # "Gordion's Flashes" - 6:26 # "Shadows on the Frontier" - 7:56 # "In the Gate of Anothe ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ode To The Death Of Jazz
''Ode to the Death of Jazz'' is an album by Finnish avant-garde jazz composer, bandleader and drummer Edward Vesala recorded in 1989 and released on the ECM label in 1990.ECM discography accessed October 4, 2011 Reception The review by Brian Olewnick awarded the album 2½ stars stating "it feels as though something essential is being restrained, as though Vesala is reluctant to simply let his ensemble surge forward unbound. Fine instrumental work abounds, however, notably by the leader himself on drums and the Garbarek-laden tones of tenor saxophonist Jouni Kannisto. In sum, the listener gets the impression that, although all the elements are in place for a fine album, excessiv ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lumi (album)
''Lumi'' is an album by Finnish avant-garde jazz composer, bandleader and drummer Edward Vesala recorded in 1986 and released on the ECM label in 1987.ECM discography accessed September 27, 2011 Reception Critical reception to the album has been divided. Describing the album as an “unqualified masterpiece”, '''' selected it as part of its suggested Core Collection, and also awarded it a "Crown" indicating an album for which the authors felt “special admiration or affection”. The |
Satu (Edward Vesala Album)
''Satu'' is an album by Finnish avant-garde jazz composer, bandleader and drummer Edward Vesala recorded in 1976 and released on the ECM label in 1977.ECM discography accessed September 8, 2011 Reception The Allmusic review awarded the album 2 stars.Allmusic Reviewaccessed September 8, 2011 Track listing All compositions by Edward Vesala except where noted. # "Satu" - 14:37 # "Ballade For San" - 6:10 # "Star Flight" - 5:42 # "Komba" - 6:07 # "Together" (Edward Vesala,[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nan Madol (album)
''Nan Madol'' is an album by Finnish avant-garde jazz composer, bandleader and drummer Edward Vesala originally released on the JAPO label in 1974 and re-released on the ECM label in 1976.ECM discography accessed September 7, 2011 Reception The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Leader plays percussion, flutes, harp. With Finnish friends in duo to large-ensemble contexts".Nastos, M. GAllmusic Review accessed September 7, 2011 Track listing :''All compositions by Edward Vesala'' # "Nan Madol" - 6:02 # ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
