Iro Haarla Quintet

BIOGRAPHY
The music of Finnish pianist, harpist, and composer Iro Haarla bears strong resemblance to that of her late husband, drummer Edvard Vesala. Haarla’s new quintet incorporates more improvising, is deeply melodic, and favours a restrained melancholy. Her musicians, Verneri Pohjola on trumpet, Kari “Sonny” Heinla on saxophone, Reino Laine on drums, and Ulf Krokfors on bass, are keenly attuned to Haarla’s gorgeous, evocative and sometimes desolate ruminations.