ABOUT THE ALBUM

With the new album ‘Aliseen’, legendary Finnish saxophone player Jorma Tapio and his group Kaski connect two traditions: local folk music and free jazz.

Jorma Tapio formed Kaski in 2015. Kaski is the Finnish term to describe the traditional way of burning a forest to make the ground fertile again. The eleven songs that make up the album reflect on rural life in Finland, a country that has been occupied either by Sweden or Russia through the centuries; a nordic land with long dark winters, midnight sun in the summer, and deep links to the spiritual world. The album title, ‘Aliseen’ is the Finnish word for a shaman’s trip to the underworld.

What makes this album so special is Tapio’s success in combining the Finnish dark, mysterious and spiritual traditional world with the cosmic sound of Don Byas, John Coltrane, Albert Ayler, and the great tradition of American jazz, free jazz, and improvised music.

JORMA TAPIO & KASKI
ALISEEN

Jorma Tapio - Alto Sax, Tenor Sax, Flute, Bass Flute, Wooden Flute, Kantele
Ville Rauhala - Bass
Janne Tuomi - Drums, Percussion, Kantele

Recorded in Turku, Finland

Release: July 2020
Total CD time - 46:00
Catalogue number 5846

Photo by Reuben Radding
Graphic design by Sergio Vezzali

TRACKS

1. Reppurin Laulu 4:30
2. Henkäys 4:22
3. Lasten Juhlat 3:29
4. Siltasalmi 5:52
5. She´s Back 2:45
6. Lost 4:53
7. Manner 6:00
8. Huli 1:11
9. Way Off 6:47
10. Nukunuku 2:52
11. Aliseen 3:19

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