Jukka Eskola

Bio:

Trumpet player and The Five Corners Quintet member Jukka Eskola returns with a stunning new album entitled "Walkover". 

The offering finds Eskola in moods not unlike those championed by the famed label CTi some decades ago. That being said, this is jazz in the present tense with a distinctively fresh angle.

Thus far Eskola has released two studio albums, the acclaimed debut "Jukka Eskola" (2005) and the Japan only release "Hub Up" (2006), a tribute to Jukka’s hero Freddie Hubbard. Both received excellent reviews and feedback (The Observer dubbed our man “one of the most talented trumpeters of his generation”).

Eskola’s colleagues on the new album each rank among the finest players in the Finnish jazz scene, all awarded young instrumentalists with great prospects. Jukkis Uotila on piano, though, has already been going strong a bit longer.

Jukka Eskola's new material displays a remarkable sense of well-functioning democracy in contemporary jazz: a tight team with way more than just the necessary individual skill for the job delivering tracks filled to the brim with shared musical joy. Great jazz in 2009? Look no further.

"Walkover" (RTCD010) and "Jova / Chip 'n' Charge" (RT029) are out now on Ricky-Tick Records.



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Member Since:

March 13, 2009

Members:

Jukka Eskola Quintet

Jukka Eskola, trumpet
Jukkis Uotila, Rhodes
Antti Lötjönen, bass
Pope Puolitaival, flute & sax
Jaska Lukkarinen, drums

Walkover album

Jukka Eskola, trumpet

Jukkis Uotila, Rhodes
Antti Lötjönen, bass
Teppo Mäkynen, drums

with:
Timo Lassy, baritone sax & alto flute
Pope Puolitaival, flute
Mikko Mustonen, trombone
Jussi Kannaste, tenor sax

Strings arranged by Jussi Lampela

Produced by Teppo "Teddy Rok" Mäkynen

Sounds Like:

"LAMPELA X ESKOLA"
Ricky-Tick Records CD 2010 (RTCD018)


JUKKA ESKOLA "WALKOVER"
Ricky-Tick Records CD/LP 2009 (RTCD010)


JUKKA ESKOLA "JOVA / CHIP 'N' CHARGE"
Ricky-Tick Records 12" vinyl single 2009 (RT029)


JUKKA ESKOLA "HUB UP"
Stride Japan CD (SRIP-9023)


JUKKA ESKOLA "BUTTERCUP / 1974"
Ricky-Tick Records 12" vinyl single 2005 (RT005)


JUKKA ESKOLA "TIMBER UP / KULO"
Freeagent Records 12" vinyl single 2005 (FARVS001)


JUKKA ESKOLA "JUKKA ESKOLA"
Freeagent Records CD 2005 (FAR001)

Record Label:

Ricky-Tick Records