Iro Haarla

Iro Haarla Electric Ensemble - What Will We Leave Behind - Images From Planet Earth (2021) Music

Posted by delpotro at March 24, 2022

Iro Haarla Electric Ensemble - What Will We Leave Behind - Images From Planet Earth (2021)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 292 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 128 Mb | 00:53:52
Jazz, Ambient, Field Recording | Label: Svart Records

Renowned Finnish jazz innovator and band leader Iro Haarla takes a detour towards progressive rock. Known for her large number of works in the field of acoustic free jazz, Iro Haarla is a notablek Finnish pianist, composer, arranger and band leader. Now, having inked a deal with Finnish cult label Svart Records, Haarla takes an eye-opening sidestep towards progressive rock. Her new band consisting of renowned Finnish musicians, Iro Haarla Electric Ensemble weaves a vastly colourful world of sound around Haarla’s peculiar melodies, and welcomes us to new sonic territory: a vibrant world where black music influenced rhythms, acoustic instruments, analog synthesizers and spacelike, valiant electric guitars converge.

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Iro Haarla - Ante Lucem (2016) [Official Digital Download] Vinyl & HR

Posted by at April 1, 2023

Iro Haarla - Ante Lucem <For Symphony Orchestra And Jazz Quintet> (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Time - 66:41 minutes | 696 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

Ante Lucem, a powerful work for jazz quintet and symphony orchestra by Finnish composer and musician Iro Haarla, was commissioned by the Norrlands Opera Symphony Orchestra and its leader Marco Feklistoff and premiered in October 2012 with Haarla and his quintet joining the orchestra. The concert was recorded live and this album is drawn both from the premiere and from sessions recorded in the days following.

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Iro Haarla - Northbound (2005) Music

Posted by mark70 at July 15, 2015

Iro Haarla - Northbound (2005)
MP3 320 kbps CBR | 77:20 min | 179 MB
Genre: Jazz | Label: ECM

Iro Haarla may not be particularly well-known, but the Finnish pianist/harpist's influence has been felt by anyone familiar with the work of her late husband, drummer Edward Vesala. According to saxophonist Trygve Seim—who not only played with Vesala towards the end of his life, but is also part of Haarla's quintet on her ECM debut, Northbound—Haarla was an uncredited co-composer on many of Vesala's compositions.

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Iro Haarla Quintet - Vespers (2011) Music

Posted by mark70 at July 13, 2015

Iro Haarla Quintet - Vespers (2011)
MP3 320 kbps CBR | 60:32 min | 139 MB
Genre: Jazz | Label: ECM

It's been six years since Iro Haarla released Northbound (ECM)—while not her actual debut as a leader, certainly her first with international exposure—an album of remarkable beauty that cemented the Finnish pianist/harpist/composer's position as the silent voice behind the music of her late husband, drummer Edward Vesala. There's no denying the import of Vesala's work for ECM, beginning with 1976's Nan Madol—truly a momentous album that spoke, in cinematic terms, of the landscape and culture of Finland—but, equally, a fundamental shift occurred, with the arrival of Haarla on 1987's Sound and Fury, that spoke to the impact that the young, classically trained Haarla had on the drummer's writing.

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Iro Haarla Sextet - Kolibri (2013) Music

Posted by mark70 at Nov. 22, 2013

Iro Haarla Sextet - Kolibri (2013)
MP3 320 kbps CBR | 61:10 min | 137 MB
Genre: Jazz | Label: TUM Records

Kolibri is the first recording by the Iro Haarla Sextet, which is comprised of six highly regarded Finnish improvisers, each of whom is recognized as a leading proponent on his or her chosen instrument. They are also all leaders or co-leaders of their own highly-lauded groups. The sextet was founded in 2009. Compared to her Finnish-Norwegian quintet that has issued two well-received ECM label recordings, for Kolibri, Iro Haarla has utilized the additional compositional possibilities offered by the sextet on seven unique, multi-faceted compositions. In addition to the piano, Haarla plays chen, a Taiwanese folk instrument, on two compositions.

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Iro Haarla & Ulf Krokfors - Heart of a Bird (2003) Music

Posted by mark70 at July 16, 2015

Iro Haarla & Ulf Krokfors - Heart of a Bird (2003)
MP3 320 kbps CBR | 48:43 min | 112 MB
Genre: Jazz | Label: TUM Records

Heart of a Bird is an intimate collaboration between two kindred spirits, pianist/harpist Iro Haarla and bassist Ulf Krokfors. The music represents free improvisation within a compositional framework.

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Iro Haarla & Pepa Päivinen - Yarra Yarra (2001) Music

Posted by mark70 at July 19, 2015

Iro Haarla & Pepa Päivinen - Yarra Yarra (2001)
MP3 320 kbps CBR | 58:11 min | 134 MB
Genre: Jazz, Improvised Music | Label: November Music

This duet was Edward Vesala's idea. Both musicians were among his closest collaborators, pianist/harpist Iro Haarla (also his wife) for over 20 years, saxophonist Pepa Päivinen since 1984. This album, the duo's first, was recorded in December 2000, a year after the composer's untimely death. Yarra is an Australian aboriginal word meaning flowing, as in: time passes by, wounds heal, whatever happens water keeps on flowing. Half of the ten pieces included here are taken from Vesala's songbook. "Invisible Storm" constitutes a highlight, the composition moving away from jazz (even free jazz) to fall somewhere between this idiom and contemporary classical without the verbiage of Third Stream.

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Iro Haarla, Ulf Krokfors, Barry Altschul - Around Again (2019) {TUM Records} Music

Posted by tiburon at June 18, 2019

Iro Haarla, Ulf Krokfors, Barry Altschul - Around Again (2019) {TUM Records}
WEB | FLAC tracks | Digital Booklet | 356MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 163MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Avant-Garde Jazz

Around Again – The Music of Carla Bley presents a collection of composer and pianist Carla Bley’s compositions in new interpretations by pianist Iro Haarla, bassist Ulf Krokfors and drummer Barry Altschul. While the recording continues the longstanding collaborations of Iro Haarla and Ulf Krokfors, it also introduces in the mix Barry Altschul, who originally recorded many of the featured compositions with pianist Paul Bley’s trio more than 50 years ago.

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Iro Haarla - Ante Lucem (2016) Music

Posted by SERTiL at Jan. 14, 2017

Ante Lucem, a powerful suite for jazz quintet and symphony orchestra by Finnish pianist/harpist/composer Iro Haarla, was premiered at the Umeå Jazz Festival in October 2012. It was recorded at the Concert Hall of NorrlandsOperan in Umeå, and the album is drawn both from the premiere concert and from sessions on the following days. Ante Lucem is comprised of four separate yet closely linked pieces which reflect in different ways, the composer says, upon the "struggle between darkness and light".

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Edward Vesala, Sound & Fury - Invisible Storm (1992) Music

Posted by SuniR at Aug. 11, 2016

The drummer and musical visionary Edward Vesala was a strange bird. As one of the few whose records became less accessible the more composed they were, he marked his path by leaving not breadcrumbs but entire loaves, piping hot and ready to serve. His was a fresh sound, a living sound that, as the moniker of his ensemble implies, thrived also on the richness of fury.

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