Visitation

by Pekka Pohjola

Visitation cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: June 1979
  • Label: Love Records
  • Country: Finland
  • Length: 31:45
  • Community rating: 3.98/5 from 7 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The Finnish bassist and composer enlisted a robust ensemble featuring strings and horns to execute his expansive, highly structured instrumental visions. The album beautifully balances virtuosic jazz fusion with elaborate, classically influenced symphonic rock architecture. It remains a glowing testament to his compositional brilliance, deeply respected by fans of complex Northern European progressive music.

Genres

Descriptors: Fusion, instrumental, complex, technical, progressive, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Strange Awakening (5:08)
  2. Vapour Trails (4:42)
  3. Image of a Passing Smile (5:36)
  4. Dancing in the Dark (5:36)
  5. The Sighting (3:31)
  6. Try to Remember (7:10)

Credits

  • Olli Ahvenlahti - bass, electric piano, grand piano
  • Vesa Aaltonen - drums, percussion
  • Seppo Tyni - guitar
  • Aale Lindgren - oboe
  • Esko Rosnell - percussion
  • Eero Koivistoinen - saxophone
  • Juhani Aaltonen - saxophone
  • Pekka P枚yry - saxophone, soprano saxophone, soloist, soprano saxophone

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