Edward Vesala (Finnish jazz) Heavy Life 1980 LP Chico Freeman Near Mint RARE

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Edward Vesala

Heavy Life

Leo Records 009 12" 33rpm LP 1980 (Finland)

Edward Vesala (15 February 1945 – 4 December 1999), born Martti Vesala, was a Finnish avant-garde jazz composer, bandleader and drummer.

Born in Mäntyharju, he began as a drummer playing jazz and rock in the 1960s, among all in such bands as the early line-up of Blues Section and Apollo. In the 1970s, he led his own jazz groups, led a quartet with Polish trumpet player Tomasz Sta?ko, played with Toto Blanke's Electric Circus, and recorded with Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek. In the 1980s and 1990s, Vesala recorded several albums of his own compositions exhibiting a unique style that combines jazz, classical music, tango, and folk music with his own group Sound and Fury, which was an ensemble of about ten players made up mostly of Vesala's students. Prominent players in Sound and Fury included saxophonists Jorma Tapio and Pepa Päivinen, guitarists Raoul Björkenheim and Jimi Sumen, and harpist and keyboardist Iro Haarla who was Vesala's wife.

Vesala died from congestive heart failure in Yläne, Finland at the age of 54.

Tracklist

A1   Coming Of The Nocturnal Sun   Soloist – Howard Johnson, Reggie Workman, Tomasz Sta?ko  7:57  
A2   Meating    Harp – Iro Haarla Soloist – Chico Freeman 4:43  
A3   High Red Table    Soloist – Edward Vesala, J. D. Parran, Reggie Workman 6:21  
B1   Moonlight Walk Of The Soothsayer    Soloist – Chico Freeman, James Spaulding, Tomasz Sta?ko  8:04  
B2   Columbus Circle  2:36  
B3   Slambura Road    Soloist – Chico Freeman 5:33  

    Alto Saxophone – James Spaulding
    Baritone Saxophone – Howard Johnson 
    Bass – Reggie Workman
    Composed By – Edward Vesala (tracks: A1 to B2), Tomasz Sta?ko (tracks: B3)
    Drums, Mixed By, Producer – Edward Vesala
    Engineer – Frank Flipetti
    Mixed By – Tom Vuori
    Tenor Saxophone – Chico Freeman
    Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – J. D. Parran
    Trumpet – Tomasz Sta?ko
    Tuba – Bob Stewart, Joe Daley

Recorded in May 1980 at Right Track Studios, New York

Condition:  LP is Near Mint, in a plastic-lined paper inner sleeve in a picture sleeve cover in EXCELLENT condition , comes with plastic outer protector.