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'REVIEW: Wadada Leo Smith & John Lindberg, 'Celestial Weather,' TUM Records

Finland's TUM Records, both on disc and live at their annual Helsinki TUMfest, has been allowing musicians to explore their inner capabilities, expressions and dreams that may or may not be commercial enough to actually sell. The latest such offering, 'Celestial Weather,' features two such progressive, forward-thinking adventurers, John Lindberg on double-bass and Wadada Leo Smith on trumpet. It's an example of exotica, esoterica even.
By Mike Greenblatt

  • 'Juhani Aaltonen & Iro Haarla of Finland Create 'Kirkastus' on TUM Records [REVIEW]

    Saxophonist and flutist Juhani "Junnu" Aaltonen, 80, is one of Finland's most respected improvisers. He's led trios and quartets but this is his first duo. Pianist and harpist Iro Haarla, 59, has performed her original music in solo, duo, quintet, sextet and big band settings. Their first record together, 'Kirkastus' (TUM Records), features her music but it's his personality that comes shining through.
    By Mike Greenblatt

  • 'REVIEW: Olavi Trio, 'Oh, La Vie!' (TUM Records)

    As the follow-up to their TUM Records 'Triologia' debut, 'Oh, La Vie!' continues the Olavi Trio's freeform experimentation in spontaneous combustion, or in this case, composition. This freedom from chords, charts and time signatures results in a totally radical kind of improvisation that challenges all the assumptions one has when it comes to serious music. When these musicians create in the now, their own preconceptions are called into question.
    By Mike Greenblatt
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