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Track List

1 Fall of 1978 10:34
    by Mika Pohjola (Mika Music)
2 Before Dawn 06:41
    by Mika Pohjola (Mika Music)
3 Dionysios 13:00
    by Mika Pohjola (Mika Music)
4 And She Appeared 09:19
    by Mika Pohjola (Mika Music)
5 Announcement 08:07
    by Mika Pohjola (Mika Music)
6 Muistoja Torkkelinmäeltä 06:41
    by Mika Pohjola (Mika Music)
7 The Secret of the Castle 09:52
    by Mika Pohjola (Mika Music)
8 Romance 06:57
    by Mika Pohjola (Mika Music)
9 The Ice that Breaks 09:01
    by Mika Pohjola (Mika Music)
10 Snapshots 04:12
    by Mika Pohjola (Mika Music)
11 A Farmer's Dream 11:27
    by Mika Pohjola (Mika Music)
12 Reverie 06:53
    by Mika Pohjola (Mika Music)
13 Relax in the Sun 08:03
    by Mika Pohjola (Mika Music)

Total Time: 110:47

About Live Around Europe

This is a collection of pianist and composer Mika Pohjola's European live concerts from summer jazz festivals in 1996 and 1997, featuring bassist Matt Penman and drummer Roberto Dani. All tracks are written by Pohjola's creative and productive pen, but the renditions here are rather exclamatory versions of tunes heard on his excellent Myths & Beliefs (1996, GM Recordings) featuring guitarist Mick Goodrick and the two subsequent follow-ups, The Secret of the Castle and Announcement, both featuring saxophonist Chris Cheek.

On Live Around Europe Pohjola is in a trio setting (as he is on his Blue Note recording, Live in New York), and often more free as a pianist and leader to explore alternative angles and longer versions to his tunes, than the studio versions with his quartets would allow. It is worth mentioning that it is the compositional variety which sets the sound of the trio, and that is particularly conspicuous on this outing.

More than twenty years later from their initial recording, this trio can now be heard at its best in a remastered edition of a nearly two-hour long release.

Credits

Mika Pohjola - piano
Matt Penman - bass
Roberto Dani - drums