Juhani Aaltonen

Juhani Aaltonen Antero [ juhɑni ɑntɛrɔ ɑ ː ltɔnɛn ] ( born December 12, 1935 in Kouvola ) is a Finnish jazz saxophonist and flautist -.

Aaltonen first completed training as a horn player. In 1961 he started at the Sibelius Academy to study classical flute, which he continued in Boston at the Berklee College of Music. After his return to Finland he worked mainly in a duo with Edward Vesala, besides also with Henrik Otto Donner, Heikki Sarmanto and Seppo Paakkunainen and taught himself the saxophone. He was honored as a jazz musician of the year 1968. In 1974 his first solo album, Etiquette.

In 1975, he was among the founders of the UMO Jazz Orchestra, where he remained until 1986. In addition, he worked among others with Jan Garbarek, Charlie Mariano, Edward Vesala, Peter Brötzmann, Tomasz Stanko, Jukka Tolonen and Arild Andersen.

From 1990 to 1992, with its own quartet with Olli Ahvenlahti, Heikki Virtanen and Reino Laine on tour, in addition, he worked in the 1990s primarily with pianist Heikki Sarmanto, 2001, her album Rise. With the trio album Mother Tongue he won the 2003 Jazz - Emma ( the Finnish Grammy ).

Discography

  • Etiquette, 1974
  • Strings, 1976, with Henrik Otto Donner
  • Déjà Vu, 2000, with Art Farmer, Heikki Sarmanto, Pekka Sarmanto, Jukkis Uotila and Tapio " Mongo " Aaltonen
  • Rise, in 2001, with Heikki Sarmanto
  • Mother Tongue, 2003, Ulf Krokfors and Tom Nekljudow
  • Strings Revisited, 2003, Reggie Workman, Andrew Cyrille and the Avanti! chamber Orchestra
  • Suhka, 2003, Jone Takamäki, Jouni " Tane " Kannisto Verneri Pohjola, Patrik Latvala, Seppo cantons, Jarmo Savolainen Pekka Nylund, Antti Hytti, Ulf Krokfors Tom Nekljudow and Stefan Paavola
  • Reflections, 2004, Reggie Workman and Andrew Cyrille
  • Wonders Never Cease, 2005 with Mikko Iivanainen and Klaus Suonsaari
  • Illusion of Ballad, 2006 with Ulf Krokfors and Tom Nekljudow
  • Juhani Aaltonen / Heikki Sarmanto: Conversations ( TUM, 2012)
  • To Future Memories (TUM 2014), with Iro Haarla, Ulf Krokfors, Ville Herrala, Reino Laine, Tatu Ronkko

Weblink

  • Biographical portrait at All About Jazz #
  • Juhani Aaltonen at Discogs (English)
  • Jazz saxophonist
  • Musicians (Finland )
  • Finn
  • Born in 1935
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