Artist: UMO Jazz Orchestra
Title: UMO Jazz Orchestra Plays the Music of Muhal Richard Adams
Cat Number: SLAMCD506
Year released: 2000
Format: CD & all digital platforms
Barcode: 5028386 050629
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Finnish big band UMO Jazz Orchestra conducted by American jazz pianist, composer, arranger Muhal Richard Abrams. Recorded at MTV Studios, Helsinki, Finland. 2 – 5 May 1988.
“The UMO Jazz Orchestra‘s performance of my work on this recording is a unique interpretive and improvisational approach. The dedication and artistry that was given to each composition by the musicians will always be vivid in my memory as a collaboration of the highest quality.” – Muhal Richard Abrams
Muhal Richard Abrams: conductor
Chuck Findley, Simo Salminen, Esko Heikkinen, Heikki Haimila: trumpets
Markku Veijonsuo, Mircea Stan, Juhani Aalto, Mikael Långbacka: trombones
Pentti Lahti, Teemu Salminen, Eero Koivistoinen, Kari Heinilä, Pepa Päivinen: saxophones
Markku Kanerva: guitar
Seppo Kantonen: piano
Kirmo Lintinen: synthesizer
Lars Danielsson: bass
Klaus Suonsaari: drums
Mongo Aaltonen: percussion
All music composed, arranged and conducted by Muhal Richard Abrams, except “Melancholy” composed by Duke Ellington and arranged by Muhal Richard Abrams.