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Jukka Tolonen Band: JTB

A staple of the Finnish jazz/progressive rock scene for well over thirty years, guitarist Jukka Tolonen leads his current band through ten impressive cuts of up-tempo funkified fusion. Wasting no time, the band gets down to business on the infectious "Charter Flight", which reminds me a little of Tolonen's old band Tasavallan Presidentti, circa Milky Way Moses. "Grand Hotel" isn't too dissimilar from early Chicago while "Riven Cocos" has a definite Canterbury flavor to it, especially the twinning of Tolonen's guitar leads with flautist Christer Eklund. "Dancing Bear" is a great funked up number and features searing sax soloing again by Christer Eklund. "Ide & Lardoms+Lilla Lule Alv" is a jamming nine-minute bonus track recorded in 1977 under a slightly different lineup. All told, this is a magnificent CD and highly recommended to fans of Wigwam, Tasavallan Presidentti, Canterbury prog and even Frank Zappa.

Track Listing

  1. Charter Flight
  2. Space Cookie
  3. Grand Hotel
  4. Ping Pong
  5. Riven Cocos
  6. Dancing Bear
  7. Soita Saatana
  8. Arka Halven
  9. Funky Nightmare
  10. Ide & Lardoms, Lilla Lule Alv (Bonus Track)

Added: March 25th 2006
Reviewer: Steve Pettengill
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Related Link: Official Jukka Tolonen Web Page
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