ArtistInfo

Edward Vesala

dr, perc, 1945-1999 FI, Mäntyharju
Musician / Composer of Jazz
A.k.a. Martti Vesala Iivana Nyhtänköljä Pimeä Komppi

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 Stańko and sax player Tomasz Szukalski, 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 & Fury, which was an ensemble of about ten players made up mostly of Vesala's students. Prominen

Instruments

• Drums
• Percussion
• Vocals
• Flute
• Vibraphone

Genres

• Jazz
• Rock
• World
• R&B/Soul
• Pop

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