(Progressive Rock, Progressive Jazz, Folk Rock) Juha Kujanpaa - Kivenpyorittaja - Tales and Travels (web) - 2013, FLAC (tracks), lossless

The name Juha Kujanpää may not be familiar to you, but he s a versatile composer and musician living in Helsinki, Finland. He is particulary interested in the area between folk and jazz music. Besides composing music for his own ensembles, Kujanpää also makes music for movies, documentary films and theatre productions. He is working also as a performing musician, playing the piano, reed organ and other keyboard instruments. Some of his most active bands at the moment are Karuna (a trio playing new Scandinavian folk music) and Kirjava lintu (new acoustic folk music composed to Finnish poetry).

After working in bands for many years he is finally coming out on his own name with a brilliant album “Kivenpyörittäjä (Tales and Travels) in the style of Pekka Pohjola and Anssi Tikanmäki. Even Jethro Tull or early Genesis are musically not too far off from this fusion of prog rock, jazz and traditional Finnish folk music.

Working together with top musicians such as guitar wonder Timo Kämäräinen this is a great addition to Finland’s proud heritage in the field of prog rock and folk music.

Juha Kujanpää (keys)
Timo Kämäräinen (guitar, mandolin)
Tero Tuovinen (bass)
Jussi Miettola (drums)

Tommi Asplund (violin)
Kukka Lehto (violin)
Esko Järvelä (violin)
Vesa Norilo (cello)
Henri Haapakoski (flute, sax)
Sami Kurppa (clarinet)
Panu Sivonen (oboe, english horn)

Henrik Sandås (bandoneon)
Teija Niku (accordeon)
Verneri Pohjola (trumpet)
Markus Jaatinen (percussion)