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The new record incorporates influences from his last three albums into one definitive and beautifully crafted statement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe band, featuring Tuomo Prättälä on piano, Antti Lötjönen on bass, and Mika Kallio on drums, share a deep sense of collaboration and a common purpose. 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His distinctive tone, with its deeply affecting purity and lyricism, and highly melodic improvising is embedded in self-penned compositions marked by memorable and imaginative themes that steer clear of any hackneyed notion of Nordic jazz.  Bullhorn is a key album in Pohjolas career, marking the shift from a rising start to an artist of real substance with a powerful, unique sound and a sense of deepening maturity and clarity of vision. Bullhorn is the album that finally realises Verneris enormous creative potential.  Featuring his long term associates and friends: pianist Aki Rissanen, bassist Antti Ltjnen and drummer Teppo Mkynen, Bullhorn undertakes a panoramic overview of Verneris wide-ranging, evocative yet energetic approach to music-making, anchored in his strong, personal sound.  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With a delicately light sound and perfectly balanced acoustics, this oasis of calm along the Route des Châteaux was not just the ideal location but perhaps the perfect metaphor for the music produced by three master craftsmen who blend tradition with experimentation. Lars Danielsson was tasked with creating this second episode in the partnership between ACT and Château Palmer. Following the inaugural duet of Michael Wollny and Joachim Kühn, he saw it as “an opportunity to propose a new formula, something new, to experiment with a new combination of instruments, new compositions, a new dimension.” The inclusion of guitarist John Parricelli was an easy choice: “We’ve known each other for a long time. I feel safe with him” - a vintage partnership, if you will. 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