Verneri Pohjola

Verneri Pohjola
Background information
Born (1977-12-23) 23 December 1977
Helsinki
Origin Finland
Occupation(s) Musician
Instruments Trumpet

Verneri Pohjola (born 23 December 1977 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish jazz trumpeter.

Biography

The son of bassist Pekka Pohjola, Pohjola studied at the Jazz and Pop Conservatory and the Örebro Music School in Helsinki. From 1999 he studied jazz music at the Sibelius-Akademie, where he met pianist Tuomo Prättälä, bassist Antti Lötjönen, and drummer Olavi Louhivuori, members of his Ilmiliekki Quartet in 2002. In 2003 they released their debut album March of the Alpha Males, followed by Take It With Me in 2006 .

In addition, Pohjola is a member of the band Quintessence, the band of Iro Haarla, the ensemble Suhkan Uhka of Antti Hytti and Jone Takamäki, the UMO Jazz Orchestra, and the post-rock band Silvio, where he plays the drums. With his brother Ilmari, he played with his father Pekka Pohjola for the first time on his album Views (2001) .

Honors

His quartet was awarded the Teosto-Preis of the Association of Finnish Composers, and Pohjola was voted Artist of the Year at the Pori Jazz festival In 2004, the quartet was invited to the official reception by the Finnish president Tarja Halonen on the occasion of the Finnish Independence Day. In 2009 for his album Aurora, Pohjola received a jazz Emma-gaala.

Discography

Solo albums

  • 2009: Aurora (ACT), with Juhani Aaltonen, Pepa Päivinen, Ilmari Pohjola, Aki Rissanen, Antti Lötjönen, Pekka Pohjola, Joonas Riippa, Meta4 String Quartet
  • 2011: Ancient History (ACT)
  • 2011: Music For The Play Mr Vertigo (KHY Suomen Musiikki Oy), with Joonas Riippa and Aki Rissanen
  • 2013: Rubidium (TUM Records), with Black Motor
  • 2014: Bullhorn (Edition EDN1056)[1]
  • 2017: Pekka (Edition)
  • 2018: Animal Image (Edition), with Mika Kallio

Collaborations

With Quintessence
  • 2002: Talk Less Listen More (Texicalli Records)
  • 2005: 5 am (Jupiter)
With Suhkan Uhka
  • 2003: Suhka (TUM Records)
With Ilmiliekki Quartet
  • 2003: March Of The Alpha Males (TUM Records)
  • 2006: Take It With Me (TUM Records)
  • 2009: Vi Sålde Våra Hemman (KHY Suomen Musiikki Oy), with Emma Salokoski
With Silvio
  • 2005: Amass All You Can (New Music Community)
With Jupiter Horns
  • 2007: Street Poetry (WolfGang Records), with Hanoi Rocks
With Orrenmaa Band
  • 2009: Make My Day (TO Records, Nordic Notes), with Billy Cobham & Tower Of Power Horns
With Nils Landgren, Michael Wollny, Leszek Możdżer, Nguyên Lê, Lars Danielsson, Wolfgang Haffner, Cæcilie Norby, Céline Bonacina
  • 2012: The ACT Jubilee Concert (ACT)
With Adam Bałdych & The Baltic Gang
  • 2012: Imaginary Room (ACT)
With Flora Et Labora
  • 2012: Flora Et Labora (Konnex Records)
With Iro Haarla Sextet
  • 2013: Kolibri (TUM Records)
With Flame Jazz Messengers
  • 2016: Port Arthur (Fredriksson Music)

References

  1. ↑ CD Rezension von Mike Collins zu Bullhorn, LondonJazz News 5. Januar 2015
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