Mikko Innanen, Jaak Sooäär, Han Bennink - Spring Odyssey (2006)

Tracklist

01. South
02. Far
03. Away
04. Grey
05. Sea
06. Ahead
07. Trinkle Tinkle
08. Floating
09. Bermuda
10. Delta
11. Green
12. Dreams
13. Soon
14. Reality

Spring Odyssey documents the highlights of this trio comprised of Finnish saxophonist Mikko Innanen, the Estonian guitarist Jaak Sooaar and the renowned Dutch drummer Han Bennink performing live in Helsinki in April 2003. The Innanen-Sooaar-Bennink Trio is a unique collaboration of one of Finland's leading improvisers and one of the central figures in contemporary Estonian jazz, who share a common history of studying and playing together, hooking up with Han Bennink, a true legend of European free jazz with five decades of adventurous music behind him. The concert recording captures the spontaneous, powerful energy of the novel combination of these great musicians. This is joyous group improvisation at its best.