Composer and pianist Juha Kujanpää released his first solo album as a composer. The album “Tales and Travels” combines two sides of Kujanpää’s musicianship, acoustic Nordic folk and electric rock/jazz music, resulting in a special, distinctive musical world. “Tales and travels” is instrumental music with a large ensemble and a strong “Finnish” sound. It combines beautiful violin melodies with aggressive fuzz guitars, sounds of Finnish forests and the nights of July.

Besides Kujanpää, who plays piano, reed organ and keyboards, the core line-up of the album consists of some well-established Finnish folk players and electric rock/jazz musicians: Tommi Asplund, Esko Järvelä and Kukka Lehto (violins), Timo Kämäräinen (guitar), Tero Tuovinen (bass) and Jussi Miettola (drums).