Trumpeter Jukka Eskola’s Soul Trio releases the long-awaited sophomore album Steamy! on 11 October via Timmion Records. The band celebrates the new album at G Livelab Helsinki on 31 October.
Steamy! continues the way outlined by the debut album Soul Trio, creating swinging contemporary jazz drawing from the tradition of soul jazz. On the new album, trio fuses Brazilian rhythms to their own sound, and brings special colour to the sound palette with Teppo Mäkynen’s vibraphone. In addition to the singles released earlier this year, bossa nova-style “Tiny B” and energetic “Stick Of A Branch” the album features for example a lively samba piece “Old Stones”; gently swinging and contemplative “Smash”; funky ending track “Steamy”; and the only cover piece on the album, Gary McFarland’s playful “Hanky Panky”.
“Steamy! is a natural continuum for the swing and soul toned sound of the first Soul Trio album towards more rhythmic and versatile expression”, Eskola comments. “The ensemble does not aim to reinvent the wheel, but enjoys new compositions’ positive energy and new musical frames, which give plenty of where to draw from on live concerts.”
Jukka Eskola Soul Trio: Steamy!
Timmion Records LP/CD/digi (TRLP12009/TRCD12009, release date 11.10.)
Distribution: Timmion Records
1. Tiny B / 2. Old Stones / 3. Smash / 4. Five On Three / 5. Hanky Panky / 6. Stick Of A Branch / 7. Jongo Street / 8. Steamy
Jukka Eskola Soul Trio
Jukka Eskola, trumpet and flugelhorn / Teppo Mäkynen, drums, percussion and vibraphone / Mikko Helevä, Hammond organ
Compositions: Jukka Eskola, Teppo Mäkynen and Mikko Helevä, except Hanky Panky: Gary McFarland
Production: Soul Trio
Recorded at Timmion Records Studios
Mixed by Mikko Helevä / Linenfield Studios
Mastered by Timmion Records Cutting Lab
Photography: Sissi Vuorjoki
Cover design: Graffi-Tex
Executive producers: Jukka Eskola, Sami Kantelinen, Jukka Sarapää
Jukka Eskola Soul Trio live
13.10. Montreaux Jazz Festival Japan, Tokyo (JP)
31.10. G Livelab, Helsinki
3.12. We Jazz Festival: Glo Hotel Art, Helsinki
13.12. Bar Ö, Flame Jazz, Turku
timmion.com
jukkaeskola.com