Iiro Rantala Lost Heroes
"a superb tribute, a giant of an album" (all about jazz)
The prizewinning masterpeice of Echo Jazz-awardee Iiro Rantala is now also available on vinyl. High quality vinyl-mastering exclusively made from the 24bit studio master files and premium 180g-pressing (download-code included)
The prizewinning masterpeice of Echo Jazz-awardee Iiro Rantala is now also available on vinyl. High quality vinyl-mastering exclusively made from the 24bit studio master files and premium 180g-pressing (download-code included).Until now his name has been mainly associated with Trio Töykeät, one of the wildest, funniest and most visionary piano trios in the international jazz scene. Finnish pianist Iiro Rantala explored all possibilities of this classic line up – sometimes the ferocious player with boundless energy, other times the sensitive romantic or burlesque joker. His playing exceeded stylistic boundaries and was as uncompromising as it was entertaining, yet was always held together by the combination of limitless technique, a sense of humour and unmistakable good taste - qualities which Rantala preserved even after he dissolved T...
Line up:
Iiro Rantala / piano
Recording Information:
Produced by Siggi Loch
Recorded at FWL studios Leipzig by Adrian von Ripka, November 9 - 11, 2010
Mixed and mastered by Adrian von Ripka
Cover art by Joel Shapiro © Galerie Karsten Greve Köln, Paris, St. Moritz
Vinyl mastering by Thorsten Wyk, exclusively made from the 24bit studio master files
Track List:
- Pekka Pohjola ( Rantala, Iiro)07:36
- Waltz For Bill ( Rantala, Iiro)06:04
- Can’t Get Up ( Rantala, Iiro)03:08
- Tears For Esbjörn ( Rantala, Iiro)05:28
- Bluesette ( Thielemans, Toots)04:04
- Thinking Of Misty ( Rantala, Iiro)06:28
- Jean And Aino ( Rantala, Iiro)07:22
- Donna Lee ( Parker, Charlie)03:36
- One More Waltz For Michel Petrucciani ( Rantala, Iiro)04:08
- Intermezzo ( Rantala, Iiro)