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Member Since: 9/14/2008
Band Website: www.eerokoivistoinen.com
Band Members: Co-playersIn his native Finland Koivistoinen has worked with nearly every Finnish jazz musician and a great number of ensembles. The most important employer in 1975 - 90 and 1996 - 98 was the UMO Jazz Orchestra, where Koivistoinen worked as a saxophonist, conductor and artistic director with several legendary jazz musicians. The list of his foreign co-players has names like this: Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Mariano, John Scofield, Ron McClure, Jack DeJohnette, Idrees Sulieman, Randy Brecker, Tom Harrell, Jim McNeely, Conrad Herwig, Slide Hampton, James Moody, Clifford Jordan, Dexter Gordon, Art Farmer, Gil Evans, Thad Jones, Mel Lewis, Billy Hart, George, Russell, Mike Gibbs, Ted Curson, Helen Merrill, Bob Brookmeyer, Clark Terry, Dave Kikoski, McCoy Tyner, Tim Hagans, Joe Henderson, Oliver Nelson, Mercer Ellington, Ray Anderson, Niels Henning Örsted Pedersen, Jesper Lundgaard, Leroy Lowe, Anders Bergcrantz, John Tchikai, Allan Botchinsky, Alex Riel, Palle Mikkelborg, Mario Bauza, Dave Liebman, George Wadenius, Philip Catherine, Sabu Martinez, Bertil Lövgren, Bernt Rosengren, Lasse Lindgren, Jeff Hirshfield, Kenny Drew, Claudio Roditi, Azymuth, Paquito Rivera, Abe Laboriel, Justo Almario, Kevin Hayes, Benny Carter, Red Mitchell, Don Menza, Bengt Hallberg, Etta Cameron, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, George Fame, Benny Golson, Herb Geller, Jerry Dodgion, Bill Holman, Muhal Richard Abrams, Louis Bellson, Johnny Griffin, Louis Stewart, Mario Grillo, Herb Pomeroy, Dino Saluzzi, Mike Nock, Mike Westbrook, Larry Coryell, Zoot Sims, Graham Collier, Jeff Williams, Bob Berg, Albert Mangelsdorf, Senegalese Drums, Galaxy, Eduardo Durao, Gloria Bosman, Concord Nkabinde, Barry Van Zyl, Lulu Gontzana, Kenny Washington, Alan Jean-Marie, Horace Parlan, Alvin Queen, Bennie Wallace.____________________________________________________ ____________Song and member info: 1. Zavala; Eero Koivistoinen; sopranosax, Teemu Viinikainen; gtr, Seppo Kantonen; keys, Giorgos Kontrafouris; organ, Timo Hirvonen; bass, Jussi Lehtonen; drs, Sami Kuoppamäki; drs, Mamba Assefa; perc. 2. Sattumaa; Johanna Iivanainen; voc, Eero Koivistoinen; tensax, Teemu Viinikainen; gtr; Seppo Kantonen; piano, Ville Huolman; bass, Mikko Hassinen; drs. 3.Film Noir; Randy Brecker; trp, Eero Koivistoinen; tensax, Conrad Herwig; trb, John Scofield; gtr, Dave Kikoski ;piano, Ron McClure; bass, Jack DeJohnette; drs, Bugge Wessetoft; synth. 4. Commentaries; Charles Salter; voc, Esko Heikkinen; trp, Antti Rissanen; trb, Pepa Päivinen; bars, Eero Koivistoinen; sopranosax, Teemu Viinikainen; gtr, Seppo Kantonen; keys, Giorgos Kontrafouris; organ, Timo Hirvonen; bass, Jussi Lehtonen; drs, Sami Kuoppamäki; drs, Mamba Assefa; perc.5. 2000.fi; Umo Jazz Orchestra Drums Markus Ketola 6. Teranga; Eero Koivistoinen; sopranosax, Seppo Kantonen; keys, Yamar Thiam; perc, Pape Sarr; perc, Libasse Sall; perc, Ousseynou Mbaye perc.
Influences: Duke Ellington, Gil Evans, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter, Frank Zappa, Bela Bartok, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Charles Ives, Dexter Gordon, Witold Lutosławski, James Brown, Tower Of Power, Salif Keita, Busi Mhlongo.
Record Label: Unknown Indie
Type of Label: Indie
