The Front Is Breaking

by Eero Koivistoinen

The Front Is Breaking cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: November 1976
  • Label: Love
  • Country: Finland
  • Length: 36:13
  • Community rating: 3.61/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The prominent Finnish saxophonist leads a dynamic ensemble through an intricate, highly improvisational set of jazz-rock. The fluid compositions emphasize robust horn arrangements and complex rhythmic shifts, standing as a high-water mark for Scandinavian fusion.

Genres

Descriptors: Fusion, improvisation, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Homefree (5:42)
  2. Safari (5:36)
  3. Mean Meat Blues (5:46)
  4. Kukkuluuruu (1:09)
  5. The Front Is Breaking (8:27)
  6. Clear Dream (3:12)
  7. Sci-Fi (6:17)

Credits

  • Eero Koivistoinen - primary artist, composed by, arranged by, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, sopranino saxophone, soprano saxophone tenor saxophone
  • Pekka Pohjola - bass, soloist, bass
  • Esko Rosnell - drums
  • Jukka Tolonen - guitar, soloist, guitar
  • Kari-Juhani Tolonen - painting [cover]
  • Olli Ahvenlahti - piano, electric piano
  • Wlodek Gulgowski - synthesizer [synthesiszer], clavinet, synthesizer [string], soloist, synth
  • Ahmadu Jarr - percussion

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