Edward Vesala 

 drummer, composer, bandleader

was born 1945 in Mäntyharju, Finland as Martti Vesala. He began recording in the late 60s, and adopted the name Edward shortly thereafter.  Longtime collaborator of Tomasz Stanko.

He died December 4, 1999

ECM 1088 [LP/CD]

1.     Satu	14'37
2.     Ballade For San	06'10
3.     Star Flight	05'42
4.     Komba	06'07
5.   Together (Vesala/Stanko)	07'06
Music composed by: Edward Vesala (except as indicated)
Personnel: Edward Vesala - drums, string section Tomasz Stańko - trumpet Palle Mikkelborg - trumpet, fluegelhorn (1-4) Torbjørn Sunde - trombone (1-4) Juhani Aaltonen - flute, soprano and tenor saxophones, alto flute Knut Riisnaes - flute, tenor saxophone (1-4) Tomasz Szukalski - soprano and tenor saxophones (1-4) Rolf Malm - bass clarinet (1-4) Terje Rypdal - guitar (1-4) Palle Danielsson - bass
Recorded: October 1976, Talent Studios, Oslo, Norway

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