Hysterica (1975)Tolonen's 4th solo album comes at the height of the jazz rock movement, just ahead of the oncoming Fusion wave. As such it's much rawer and organic, but by this time, most of the jazz based artists had tossed the improvisational free aspects. All plusses as far as I'm concerned. The album starts off with the ten minute+ 'Jimi', so you know this is going to be a guitarist's guitar album. 'Tiger' is another highlight. Six tracks here, and the four lengthy ones bring the most interest, but it's all excellent. Flute, sax, and keys add color to the compositions. Cool cover art as well.
Ownership: 1975 Love (LP). Acquired in 2022.
1/5/22 (review)
Jukka Tolonen Ramblin' Jazz Band - Jazz Liisa 03 (1973 /2016)
If there's an artist that is neglected in my collection, it would have to be Jukka Tolonen. Even though I possess his first two albums, it's been ages since I last heard them, and I can't recall much about them either. Truth be told, the same could be said about Tasavallan Presidentti, excepting my recent listen to their own Liisa session. In fact, Tolonen's studio concert is very similar to his own groups' foray. Even though 'Ramblin' is a track taken from his debut album, it actually serves better as a metaphor for the band itself, at least as evidenced by this concert. These are two lengthy excursions (the other track coming from Summer Games), where the band seem at ease improvising in front of the studio audience. There are no fiery rave-ups, or complex changes, but rather the band just sort of... rambles along. There's more diverse instrumentation here than with Tasavallan Presidentti, including trumpet, that befits more a jazz session than rock. This is easy listening for veterans of the early 70s jazz rock movement, and is yet again another fantastic find from the good folks at Svart.
Ownership: 2016 Svart (CD). With KOM Quartet. Booklet with liner notes. Acquired in 2016.
9/10/16 (review); 6/20/26
Other albums I own: Tolonen!; Summer Games
9/10/16 (new entry)
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