COMPOSERS: Trio Töykeät
LABELS: Emarcy
PERFORMER: Iiro Rantala (p), Eerik Siikasaari (b), Rami Eskelinen (d)
CATALOGUE NO: 159 461-2 (distr. Universal)
The fourth album by this celebrated Finnish trio whose abundance of technique allows them to tread where few jazz musicians would even think of going. Breathtakingly original, unconventional and with a touch of Scandinavian ho-ho-ho humour that always puzzles the British, it succeeds in making jazz sound surprising – no mean feat just lately.