Seven Hills by Alexi Tuomarila
Tracklist
| 1. | Seven Hills | 5:11 |
| 2. | Cyan | 6:22 |
| 3. | Prologue | 7:56 |
| 4. | Jibeinia | 4:34 |
| 5. | Skuld | 5:41 |
| 6. | Pearl | 6:34 |
| 7. | Visitor Q | 4:01 |
| 8. | Miss | 3:51 |
| 9. | Ceremony | 8:03 |
Credits
released June 3, 2013
MUSICIANS:
ALEXI TUOMARILA piano
MATS EILERTSEN bass
OLAVI LOUHIVUORI drums
ANDRE FERNANDES guitar (Prologue & Ceremony)
ABOUT:
Seven Hills is the new trio album from Finnish born Alexi Tuomarila, one of the most important young pianists & composers on the European Jazz scene.
Following numerous first prize awards at various international jazz competitions throughout 2003 he signed to Warner Jazz France, releasing two albums that brought worldwide attention and critical acclaim from the international press, fans and musicians .Fellow pianist Brad Mehldau, says, "I'm definitely excited about the future of this piano player". He shared the stage with some of the biggest names in Jazz and was developing at speed when without warning Warner Jazz stopped their jazz and classical output leaving Tuomarila, almost overnight, without management or career direction. Feeling disparaged and dismayed, what followed was a period of self-discovery, growth in his confidence and eventually a realisation that playing this music was his ultimate goal.
Recorded by Andre Fernandes at Timbuktu Studios, Lisbon, Portugal on the 26th – 28th of September 2011.
Mixed & mastered by August Wanngren at We Know Music Studio, Copenhagen in October 2012.
PRESS:
"Make a note: Alexi Tuomarila is one of the next big deals on jazz piano". JAZZ TIMES
MUSICIANS:
ALEXI TUOMARILA piano
MATS EILERTSEN bass
OLAVI LOUHIVUORI drums
ANDRE FERNANDES guitar (Prologue & Ceremony)
ABOUT:
Seven Hills is the new trio album from Finnish born Alexi Tuomarila, one of the most important young pianists & composers on the European Jazz scene.
Following numerous first prize awards at various international jazz competitions throughout 2003 he signed to Warner Jazz France, releasing two albums that brought worldwide attention and critical acclaim from the international press, fans and musicians .Fellow pianist Brad Mehldau, says, "I'm definitely excited about the future of this piano player". He shared the stage with some of the biggest names in Jazz and was developing at speed when without warning Warner Jazz stopped their jazz and classical output leaving Tuomarila, almost overnight, without management or career direction. Feeling disparaged and dismayed, what followed was a period of self-discovery, growth in his confidence and eventually a realisation that playing this music was his ultimate goal.
Recorded by Andre Fernandes at Timbuktu Studios, Lisbon, Portugal on the 26th – 28th of September 2011.
Mixed & mastered by August Wanngren at We Know Music Studio, Copenhagen in October 2012.
PRESS:
"Make a note: Alexi Tuomarila is one of the next big deals on jazz piano". JAZZ TIMES
License
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For more than 15 years Alexi Tuomarila has been quietly building a considerable reputation as one of the finest pianists of his generation in Europe. IHe then worked for a decade with Polish trumpeter legend Tomasz Stanko, playing piano on the acclaimed album Dark Eyes. Alexi Tuomarila has three highly successful albums on Edition, Seven Hills (2014), Kingdom (2017) & Sphere (2019).