Edward Vesala

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Edward Vesala
Edward Vesala in concert, International Jazz Festival, Prague, Lucerna Music Hall, 1984
Background information
Birth name	Martti Vesala
Born	(1945-02-15)February 15, 1945
Died	December 4, 1999(1999-12-04) (aged 54)
Genres	Jazz
Occupations	Drummer, composer
Instruments	drums, percussion
Years active	1960s–1999
Labels	ECM
Associated acts	Sound and Fury, Tomasz Stańko, Jan Garbarek

Edward Vesala (15 February 1945 – 4 December 1999), born Martti Vesala, was a Finnish avant-garde jazz composer, bandleader and drummer.

Born in Mäntyharju, he began as a drummer playing jazz and rock in the 1960s, among all in such bands as the early line-up of Blues Section and Apollo. In the 1970s, he led his own jazz groups, led a quartet with Polish trumpet player Tomasz Stańko, played with Toto Blanke's Electric Circus, and recorded with Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek. In the 1980s and 1990s, Vesala recorded several albums of his own compositions exhibiting a unique style that combines jazz, classical music, tango, and folk music with his own group Sound and Fury, which was an ensemble of about ten players made up mostly of Vesala's students. Prominent players in Sound and Fury included saxophonists Jorma Tapio and Pepa Päivinen, guitarists Raoul Björkenheim and Jimi Sumen, and harpist and keyboardist Iro Haarla who was Vesala's wife.

Vesala died from congestive heart failure in Yläne, Finland at the age of 54.

Discography

As leader

Nana (Blue Master, 1970)
I'm Here (Blue Master, 1973)
Hot Lotta (Blue Master, 1973)
Nan Madol (ECM, 1974)
Satu (ECM, 1976)
Heavylife (Leo, 1980)
Mau-Mau (Johanna, 1982)
Lumi (ECM, 1986)
Ode to the Death of Jazz (ECM, 1989)
Invisible Storm (ECM, 1991)
Nordic Gallery (ECM, 1995)

As sideman

With Jan Garbarek

Triptykon (ECM, 1973)

With Tomasz Stańko

Balladyna (ECM, 1976)

With Kenny Wheeler

Around 6 (ECM, 1979)

Sources

Jazzhouse

External links

Edward Vesala discography compiled by Dan Kurdilla
Edward Vesala on ECM Records
Allmusic Guide biography of Edward Vesala by Chris Kelsey
Eetu - 12 sessiota Edward Vesalan kanssa Documentary film on Vesala and his work with Sound and Fury by Markus Viljanen (1994)

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Persondata
Name	Vesala, Edward
Alternative names
Short description	Finnish musician
Date of birth	15 February 1945
Place of birth	Mäntyharju
Date of death	4 December 1999
Place of death

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