Jarmo Savolainen passed away

A rather extensive JARMO SAVOLAINEN DISCOGRAPHY
Suomalaisista jazzmuusikoista (1961 - 2009)
JARMO SAVOLAINEN PASSED AWAY
Hans Koert
Last week I heard the sad news about the death of the Finnish piano player Jarmo Savolainen. He passed away on the 11th of June, 2009. He was one of the best Finnish jazz musicians and a sought after accompanist. He had celebrated his 48th birthday on the 24th of May.



In the late 1980s he recorded several albums in Boston, but also in New York ( Nonet – Blue Dreams – First Sight and in 1995 True Image). The rhythm section of the two latter are with Ron McClure on bass and Billy Hart on drums.


Jarmo Savolainen Trio with Alberto Luccas and Markku Ounaskari

Love to share with you a solo piano piece, titled Asperine Song, like the second fragment of this blog, recorded in Sao Paulo ( Brasil) a year ago, which shows why I’m fascinated by this great, almost unknown jazz piano player and composer.
Hans Koert
KUOPIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: ? ( 1980s)
JARMO SAVOLAINEN NONET: Finnish Jazz ( 1 track) ( 1984)
Nonet ( 1985)
SEPPO KANTONEN-JARMO SAVOLAINEN Phases ( 1987)
Blue Dreams ( 1987)
MAKE LIEVONEN-JARMO SAVOLAINEN Loru ( 1988)
JARMO SAVOLAINEN: Songs For Solo Piano ( 1989-1990)

JARMO SAVOLAINEN QUINTET: First Sight (1991)
JUKA LINKOLA : Sketches From Karelia ( 1992)
ESPOO BIG BAND: EBB plays Carla Bley ( 1993)
JUKA LINKOLA: The Tentet ( 1994)
ZONE : First Definition ( 1994)
JARMO SAVOLAINEN TRIO : John’s Son ( 1994-1996)
THE CASE : Codes ( 1996)
UMO JAZZ ORCHESTRA : The Electrifying Miles ( 1997)
JARMO SAVOLAI

KLAUS SUONSAARI – Something in Common ( 1998) ( 2 tracks)
UMO JAZZ ORCHESTRA: Day Dreamin’ – The music of Billy Strayhorn (1998)
UMO JAZZ ORCHESTRA: Transit People (2000)
SUHKAN UHKA – Suhka (2002)
JARMO SAVOLAINEN: Solo, Duo, Trio ( 2002)JARMO SAVOLAINEN-MARIA YLIPAA (2004)
JARMO SAVOLAINEN TRIO: Songs For Trio ( 2006)
JULIAN F. THAYER: Zaku ( 2007)

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