Tremendous swinging Hard Bop Jazz album from a great Finish band Mighty Mighty led by Pianist Kari Setala is released on the mighty Italian Schema label. This album mainly owes it inspiration to the 60’s Blue Note sound but also in places early 70’s Jazz Funk and Latin fusion ala Herbie/ Freddie/Cti. The musicianship is superb and tight throughout the mainly self penned 9 track set, Trumpetter Jorma Lalevi Louhvuori and Saxophonist Jussi Kannaste deserving special praise. ‘Backyard Boogie’and the more percussive ‘Karma’ are full on Dancefloor jazz killers. ‘Dark Sun’, ‘See The Light’ and ‘Times Up’ are more intense but free flowing, whilst ‘Simba’ and the interesting cover of Stevie’s ‘Too High’ have a more fusion feel. This Excellent album could be one of the Jazz albums of 2014.
Track listings:
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01 Backyard Boogie by Mighty Mighty
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02 Dark Sun by Mighty Mighty
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03 Karma by Mighty Mighty
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04 Once Again by Mighty Mighty
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05 See The Light by Mighty Mighty
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06 Seventh Sign by Mighty Mighty
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07 Simba by Mighty Mighty
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08 Time’s Up by Mighty Mighty
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09 Too High by Mighty Mighty
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