Pekka Pohjola

Bass player extraordinaire and composer Pekka Pohjola died last night. So sad. When I was young I did admire his playing and music quite alot. And I still do! He was a great bass guitar virtuoso and especially a wonderful composer. His music was mostly jazz-rock. But he could arrange music very well within many different genres, too. And remarkable were his basslines - sometimes so beautifully simple and when needed fast. And he wrote at least one real symphony. Musicians with whom he performed and recorded? Of course he played with many Scandinavian masters. And he made music with Mike Oldfield - and was almost Frank Zappa's bass player...

And what I did today with my own music? I recorded bass guitar...

Juha H.