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Juhani Aaltonen | |
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| Born | (1935-12-12)December 12, 1935 (age 89) |
| Education | Sibelius Academy,Berklee College of Music |
| Occupation(s) | Saxophonist and flautist |
Juhani Aaltonen (born December 12, 1935)[1] is aFinnishjazz saxophonist and flautist.[2]
Born inKouvola, Finland, he studied atSibelius Academy andBerklee College of Music.[3] He began playing professionally at the end of the 1950s. He played in a sextet led byHeikki Rosendahl during that time, and then studied flute performance at theSibelius Academy and in the U.S. at theBerklee College of Music.[1] Moving back to Finland, he settled inHelsinki and began working both as asession musician and withfusion groups. Later in the 1960s he formed a duo withEdward Vesala, as well as in the groupEero Koivistoinen for four years. He played withTasavallan Presidentti in their earlier days, including for their first, eponymous, album. He recorded withThad Jones andMel Lewis and withHeikki Sarmanto in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and his first album as a soloist,Etiquette, was released in 1974.
In 1975, he became a member of theNew Music Orchestra, and worked with theNordic All Stars,Arild Andersen, andPeter Brötzmann later in the 1970s.[2] The 1980s saw him working with theUFO Big Band,Jan Garbarek,Charlie Mariano, and others. He was granted a 15-year state grant from Finland in the mid-1980s. In 1983 he rejoined Tasavallan Presidentti, and has recorded and toured with them since. He was featured in a profile on composerGraham Collier in the 1985Channel 4 documentary 'Hoarded Dreams'[4] He led a touring quartet from 1990 to 1992 withOlli Ahvenlahti,Heikki Virtanen andReino Laine. Aaltonen andHeikki Sarmanto released a duo recording,Rise, in 2001; in 2003 Aaltonen's trio albumMother Tongue won a Jazz-Emma in Finland. Aaltonen continues to teach at the annualNilsiä Music Camp.
WithArild Andersen
WithGraham Collier
WithEdward Vesala
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