Solo piano in top form

With "Lost Heroes" the Finnish pianist Iiro Rantala makes his solo debut with the label ACT Music.
In this he is dedicated to style-defining deceased artists, each with a title. The 8 original songs and 2 covers (title 7 & 9) form a solopianistischen Klangkosmos pulling a out of the synagogue.

Pekka Pohjola 01
02 Waltz for Bill (for Bill Evans)
03 can not get up (for Jaco Pastorius)
04 Tears for Esbjörn (for Esbjörn Svensson)
05 Thinking of Misty (for Erroll Garner)
06 Jean and Aino
07 Donna Lee (for Art Tatum)
08 One More Waltz for Michel Petrucciani
09 Bluesette (for Oscar Peterson)
10 Intermezzo (for Luciano Pavarotti)

Iiro Rantala pianistic class makes it possible to play the pieces in the spirit of the artist to be honored. Here he draws on the musical peculiarities of his heroes. His thoughts on the respective pieces are listed in the inner part of the digipack.

The annual prize of the German Record Critics' Award for jazz album of 2011 has earned this album to right.

* Time 54:23 minutes
* Digipack