Album FI 1971 on Blue Master Special label
Jazz (Free Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Vocal, Avant-garde)
NUNNU BIG BAND: Hannu Saxelin, alto saxophone, clarinet, birchbark flute; Paavo Honkanen, alto saxophone, clarinet, birchbark flute; Juhani Aaltonen, tenor and soprano saxophones, flutes; Pekka Pöyry, tenor and soprano saxophones, flutes; Pentti Lahti, baritone and soprano saxophones, birchbark flute; Kaj Backlund, Markku Johansson, Mike Koskinen, trumpets; Emppu Peltola, Mircea Stan, trombones; Heikki Sarmanto, electric piano; Teemu Hauta-aho, bass; KARELIA GROUP: Pekka Sarmanto, electric violin; Ilja Saastamoinen, guitar; Edward Vesala, drums, vocals, percussion, birchbark clarinet; Seppo "Baron" Paakkunainen, violin, birchbark flute, birchbark horn, birchbark clarinet, kantele, baritone saxophone. The original Finnish instruments used when Nunnu was recorded: Birchbark Clarinet (a birchbark pipe, mouthpiece resembling the embouchre of an oboe) Birchbark Flutes (5 holes) Birchbark Horn (5 holes, blown like a trumpet) Kantele (with 5 strings to be held on knees or on a table, played with fingers) Side A total 15:40 minutes Side B total 16:30 minutes
![]() | Seppo Paakkunainen fl, *1943 FI arranged by, clarinet, birchbark, flute, birchbark, kantele, horn, birchbark, album by |
![]() | Nunnu Big Band , album by |
![]() | Karelia Group , album by |
![]() | Hannu Saxelin cl, fl, as, 1938-2004 FI alto saxophone, clarinet, flute, birchbark |
![]() | Paavo Honkanen as, bcl, FI alto saxophone, clarinet, flute, birchbark |
![]() | Pentti Lahti fl, sax, *1945 FI baritone saxophone, flute, birchbark, saxophone, soprano |
![]() | Teppo Hauta-aho cb, b, *1941 FI bass |
![]() | Edward Vesala dr, perc, 1945-1999 FI clarinet, birchbark, drums, percussion, vocals |
![]() | Heikki Sarmanto p, ep, *1939 FI electric piano |
![]() | Juhani Aaltonen fl, ts, *1935 FI flute, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone |
![]() | Pekka Pöyry fl, sax, 1939-1980 FI flute, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone |
![]() | Ilpo Saastamoinen g, b, *1942 FI guitar |
![]() | Mircea Stan tb, *1943 FI trombone |
![]() | Seppo Peltola tb, trombone |
![]() | Kaj Backlund tr, 1945-2013 FI trumpet |
![]() | Markku Johansson tr, fh, *1949 FI trumpet |
![]() | Mike Koskinen tr, *1945 FI trumpet |
![]() | Pekka Sarmanto b, cb, *1945 FI violin, electric |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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1 | Osa I - Optaatus Marssi / Optaatus March | Nunnu Big Band | ||
2 | Osa II - Kantelon Koetus / Trying Kantele | Nunnu Big Band | ||
3 | Osa III - Joikujuttu / Joiku Story | Karelia Group | ||
4 | Osa IV - Tuohi Soi / Sound Of Birchbark | Karelia Group | ||
5 | Osa V - Uusi Hymni Vapaudelle / A New Hymn For Freedom | Karelia Group | ||
6 | Osa VI - Kahella Sarvella / With Two Horns | Karelia Group |