A-side: Exept For (7" edit) (J. Toivanen, T.Toivanen, O. Louhivuori).
B-side: Keyboard Study no. 2 (T. Riley)
Gothenburg-based Finnish pianist Joona Toivanen makes his We Jazz Records debut with his long-standing trio featuring Tapani Toivanen on bass and Olavi Louhivuori of Superposition on drums. Searching for new opportunities on the minimal side of acoustic groove-based free music, the trio introduces a fresh take on Terry Riley's "Keyboard Study" and an edit of a future album cut "Except For" on the flip. Fans of introspective jazz piano plus minimalist modern composition take notice. credits
released July 9, 2021
A composed by Joona Toivanen, AA composed by Terry Riley
Joona Toivanen, piano / Tapani Toivanen, bass / Olavi Louhivuori, drums
Produced by Joona Toivanen & Matti Nives
Recorded at Studio Epidemin by Johannes Lundberg
Mixed and mastered by Petter Eriksson at Studio Folkhemmet
Design by Matti Nives
A copy of the Both Only LP, signed by all band members. Comes with the print "Both Only: Cubes" (20x20 cm / 8x8" (frame not included)).
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NOTE: The Both Only CD is sold out. Vinyl LP available.
Joona Toivanen Trio makes their We Jazz Records debut with their new album "Both Only", out 25 Feb 2022. A landmark work for the long standing group, the album showcases a new sound for the band, trekking deep into new ideas for an acoustic jazz piano trio. Since their formation as teenagers in mid-1990's, the trio of pianist Joona Toivanen, bassist Tapani Toivanen and drummer Olavi Louhivuori (of Superposition, Ilmiliekki Quartet and Linda Fredriksson "Juniper") has developed their remarkably coherent band sound step by step, touring the world over. Nowadays, the trio is geographically split between Gothenburg, Sweden (Joona), Copenhagen, Denmark (Tapani), and Helsinki, Finland (Olavi), but the unit has never sounded so together as one, and as adventurous as on "Both Only".
"Both Only" by Joona Toivanen Trio is a cocoon, a welcoming shelter of sound that opens up naturally for the listener to inhabit. The album is moody and introspective, even dark at times, but by the time you get to the closing track, "This and This", you'll likely notice something hopeful brewing up. This is not music dealing with nostalgia or a world lost. Instead, it's a body of work with delicate dynamics, taking a minute just to listen and to look inwards to learn something, to move... more
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released February 25, 2022
Joona Toivanen, piano / Tapani Toivanen, bass / Olavi Louhivuori, drums
Produced by Joona Toivanen & Matti Nives
Recorded at Studio Epidemin by Johannes Lundberg
Mixed and mastered by Petter Eriksson at Studio Folkhemmet
Photography by Joona Toivanen
Artist photos by Juho Luukkainen
Design by Matti Nives
Joona Toivanen (born 1981) is an award winning Finnish jazz pianist, based in Gothenburg,
Sweden.
With his base in Sweden and roots in Finland, Toivanen has been active in the Nordic jazz scene since his late teens. His pianism is lyric and delicate and his technique serves the story in the music all the time. Musically he moves in the boundaries between tradition and avant-garde....more
