Born in Helsinki in 1952, Tolonen first came to center stage in 1969 when a group of young Finnish musicians merged their collective talents to form the widely popular rock/jazz fusion band Tasavallan Presidentti, who were to record four critically acclaimed albums. During this time, Tolonen also recorded two albums with another well know band Wigwam. These recordings would establish Tolonen as a powerfully explosive and technically spectacular guitarist.However, it would be his soon coming solo recordings that would really turn the music world upon its collective ear. His self titled debut recording, followed by "Summer Games", "The Hook", and "Hysterica" would set new standards for jazz fusion recordings and remain popular world wide even unto today.
Throughout the years, Jukka Tolonen has added his unique wizardry to recordings by Bill's Boogie Band, Piirpauke, and most recently a live recording from Tasavallan Presidentti. He has also recorded jazz fusion albums as the Jukka Tolonen Band and a couple of outstanding fusion flavored rock albums as the Jukka Tolonen Trio. These recordings, though varying in style, consistently demonstrate Jukka Tolonen as one of the premier guitarists of this or any other generation.
1. Elements (Earth/Fire/Water/Air) (8:06)
2. Ramblin (9:02)
3. Mountains (6:35)
4. Wanderland (5:02)
5. Last Night (Live) (3:26)
Line Up:
Jukka Tolonen :Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Piano, Guitar (Electric)
Jukka Gustavson :Organ, Keyboards
Reino Laine :Drums
Ronnie Osterberg :Drums
Pekka Pohjola :Bass
Heikki Virtanen :Bass
Pekka Poyry : Saxophone, Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano)
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