A staple of the Finnish jazz/progressive rock scene for well over thirty years, guitarist Jukka Tolonen leads his current band through ten impressive cuts of up-tempo funkified fusion. Wasting no time, the band gets down to business on the infectious "Charter Flight", which reminds me a little of Tolonen's old band Tasavallan Presidentti, circa Milky Way Moses. "Grand Hotel" isn't too dissimilar from early Chicago while "Riven Cocos" has a definite Canterbury flavor to it, especially the twinning of Tolonen's guitar leads with flautist Christer Eklund. "Dancing Bear" is a great funked up number and features searing sax soloing again by Christer Eklund. "Ide & Lardoms+Lilla Lule Alv" is a jamming nine-minute bonus track recorded in 1977 under a slightly different lineup. All told, this is a magnificent CD and highly recommended to fans of Wigwam, Tasavallan Presidentti, Canterbury prog and even Frank Zappa.
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A staple of the Finnish jazz/progressive rock scene for well over thirty years, guitarist Jukka Tolonen leads his current band through ten impressive cuts of up-tempo funkified fusion. Wasting no time, the band gets down to business on the infectious "Charter Flight", which reminds me a little of Tolonen's old band Tasavallan Presidentti, circa Milky Way Moses. "Grand Hotel" isn't too dissimilar from early Chicago while "Riven Cocos" has a definite Canterbury flavor to it, especially the twinning of Tolonen's guitar leads with flautist Christer Eklund. "Dancing Bear" is a great funked up number and features searing sax soloing again by Christer Eklund. "Ide & Lardoms+Lilla Lule Alv" is a jamming nine-minute bonus track recorded in 1977 under a slightly different lineup. All told, this is a magnificent CD and highly recommended to fans of Wigwam, Tasavallan Presidentti, Canterbury prog and even Frank Zappa. 
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