Helsiki-based We Jazz Records launches a new album series, We Jazz Live Plates, presenting the label’s live activity. The first release named “Berlin 27.10.17” is to issue on 28 September and it features Bowman Trio, Jaska Lukkarinen Trio and Black Motor.
Berlin 27.10.17 was recorded at We Jazz label night during the Scope festival at Berlin’s Monarch club in October 2017. Three We Jazz Records artist are heard on the album Bowman Trio, Jaska Lukkarinen Trio and Black Motor, each performing two unpublished or radically arranged pieces.
The album is to release on 28 of September on a minimalistic LP version with brown disco sleeve, containing a postcard for digital download. CD version has a glossy cover digital sleeve.
"The Monarch recordings sound so incredibly fitting! Perfect. Others would kill for this sound. It‘s already one of my favorite albums of the year." – Andreas Müller, Deutschlandfunk
Black Motor / Bowman Trio / Jaska Lukkarinen Trio: Berlin 27.10.17
We Jazz Live Plates Vol.1
We Jazz Records LP / CD / digi (WJLP09 / WJCD09, release date 28.9.2018)
Distributor in Finland: Playground Music
CD/DIGI
1. Bowman Trio: Just a Scratch
2. Bowman Trio: The Hillary Step
3. Jaska Lukkarinen Trio: Roger
4. Jaska Lukkarinen Trio: Pengerkadulla 2017
5. Black Motor: Lähempänä taivasta
6. Black Motor: Branches (Berliner Musik)
LP
A1 Jaska Lukkarinen Trio: Pengerkadulla 2017
A2 Jaska Lukkarinen Trio: Roger
A3 Bowman Trio: Just a Scratch
B1 Bowman Trio: The Hillary Step
B2 Black Motor: Lähempänä taivasta
B3 Black Motor: Branches (Berliner Musik)
Bowman Trio
Tomi Nikku, trumpet / Joonas Tuuri, bass / Sami Nummela, drums
Jaska Lukkarinen Trio
Jaska Lukkarinen, drums / Jussi Kannaste, tenor saxophone / Mattias Welin, bass
Black Motor
Tane Kannisto, flute, shehnai & nagaswaram / Ville Rauhala, bass / Simo Laihonen, drums
Compositions: Sami Nummela (1.) / Tomi Nikku (2.) / Jussi Kannaste (3.) / Valtteri Laurell Pöyhönen (4.) / Ville Rauhala (5.) / Black Motor (6.)
Recorder: Club Monarch 27.10.2017, Berliini (Scope Festival / We Jazz Label Night)
Recording, mixing and mastering: Rasmus Oxlund
Producing: Matti Nives & Ami Vuorinen
Vinyl mastering: Jukka Sarapää & Juho Luukkainen
Photos: Peter Meister