Pacemaker

Composer Pekka Toivonen’s audacious new Ensemble album mesmerizes from jazz and free to classical. Merging both sides of the Pekka Toivonen Ensemble, the latest release from Alakulttuuritalo plunges into the worlds of jazz and classical. — Our music is both poison and potion. This album rings with brutality and sensitivity with an A side that is composed and the B side, which is more like an intuitively painted piece. It’s actually a kind of freejazz symphony in three parts, Toivonen explains....