biography

Composer, percussionist Edward Vesala (1945 - 1999) recorded several albums of his own compositions exhibiting a unique style that combines jazz, classical music, tango, and folk music with his own group Sound and Fury, which was an ensemble of about ten players made up mostly of Vesala's students. The remarkable ensemble was put on hiatus after Vesala's death, and it took over ten years before the band came together again.

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