Riverside, by Mika Pohjola & Roberto Dani

Riverside

by Mika Pohjola & Roberto Dani

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You'll get the classic Announcement CD and a Download of THIS album.
Announcement features saxophonist Chris Cheek, bassist Matt Penman and drummer Roberto Dani. Compositions by pianist Mika Pohjola.

Includes unlimited streaming of Turn Out the Stars - Music by Bill Evans via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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You'll get the CD "Trio Hour" and a Download of THIS album.

Includes unlimited streaming of Turn Out the Stars - Music by Bill Evans via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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You'll get the Northern Sunrise CD and a Download of THIS album. Northern Sunrise features saxophonist Steve Wilson, guitarist Ben Monder, bassist Massimo Biolcati, drummer Mark Ferber, and compositions by pianist Mika Pohjola.

Includes unlimited streaming of Turn Out the Stars - Music by Bill Evans via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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A Special Bundle Price for 5 CDs by pianist & composer Mika Pohjola:
• TRIO HOUR (w. Kyle Struve & Dan Loomis)
• NORTHERN SUNRISE (w. Steve Wilson, Ben Monder, Massimo Biolcati & Mark Ferber)
• LANDMARK (w. Miguel Zenón, Ben Monder, Fernando Huergo, Roberto Dani & Johanna Grüssner)
• ANNOUNCEMENT (w. Chris Cheek, Matt Penman, Roberto Dani)
• TWO FOR THE ROAD (w. Jill Seifers Walsh)

+ a Download of THIS album!

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Includes unlimited streaming of Still Alive via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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1.	In Memoriam 09:58	buy track
2.	Zoom 04:18	buy track
3.	Riverside 03:36	buy track
4.	Turn Out the Stars 10:06	buy track
5.	Farmer's Market 02:20	buy track
6.	Coney Island 04:48	buy track
7.	Bike Ride 01:47	buy track
8.	Church Bells 04:46	buy track
9.	Grand Prix de Rome 02:41	buy track
10.	Lonely Woman 05:03	buy track
11.	Pyramid 03:30	buy track
12.	Like Right Now 04:40	buy track
13.	Lennie Tristano Would Have Also Called It An Original Tune 06:34	buy track
14.	Tire Swing 04:03	buy track
15.	Dice 05:44	buy track
16.	Summer Garden 05:21	buy track

about

Riverside is a duo project by pianist Mika Pohjola and drummer Roberto Dani, with guest bassist Matt Penman appearing on five tracks.

The three gentlemen are known from Pohjola's 90's trio, exclusively performing Pohjola's intricate compositions. However, here Pohjola and Dani turn into a freewheeling mode, improvising several aspects of duo interaction as well as moods ranging from jazz (even bluesy sounds) into contemporary classical influences. When Penman joins, the role architecture turns into a more common piano trio. Most notably, the trio tears apart Bill Evans' classic composition Turn Out the Stars, with endless amounts of rhythmic displacements in a 6/4 edition.

This recording was made in Pohjola's East Village studio apartment in one room straight into two tracks with no overdubs or editing.

The improvisations of Riverside are not unlike Sound of Village, a project by Pohjola and multi-instrumentalist Yusuke Yamamoto, which exclusively works on similar concepts. However, Riverside could be described as being somewhat closer tied to the jazz tradition, whereas Sound of Village frequently draws ethnic straws from around the world.

Riverside is an important document by Pohjola and Dani, who can successfully invent a mood and interaction from next to nothing. The album concludes with the fresh-from-the-oven performance of Pohjola's Summer Garden, also performed by Pohjola's MikaSonik fusion-like ensemble.