Verneri Pohjola


Verneri Pohjola is a Finnish jazz trumpeter.

Biography

The son of bassist Pekka Pohjola, Pohjola studied at the Jazz and Pop Conservatory and the Örebro Music School in Helsinki. From 1999 he studied jazz music at the Sibelius-Akademie, where he met pianist Tuomo Prättälä, bassist Antti Lötjönen, and drummer Olavi Louhivuori, members of his Ilmiliekki Quartet in 2002. In 2003 they released their debut album March of the Alpha Males, followed by Take It With Me in 2006.
In addition, Pohjola is a member of the band Quintessence, the band of Iro Haarla, the ensemble Suhkan Uhka of Antti Hytti and Jone Takamäki, the UMO Jazz Orchestra, and the post-rock band Silvio, where he plays the drums. With his brother Ilmari, he played with his father Pekka Pohjola for the first time on his album Views .

Honors

His quartet was awarded the Teosto-Preis of the Association of Finnish Composers, and Pohjola was voted Artist of the Year at the Pori Jazz festival In 2004, the quartet was invited to the official reception by the Finnish president Tarja Halonen on the occasion of the Finnish Independence Day. In 2009 for his album Aurora, Pohjola received a jazz Emma-gaala.

Discography

Solo albums

; With Quintessence
; With Suhkan Uhka
; With Ilmiliekki Quartet
; With Silvio
; With Jupiter Horns
; With Orrenmaa Band
; With Nils Landgren, Michael Wollny, Leszek Możdżer, Nguyên Lê, Lars Danielsson, Wolfgang Haffner, Cæcilie Norby, Céline Bonacina
; With Adam Bałdych & The Baltic Gang
; With Flora Et Labora
; With Iro Haarla Sextet
; With Flame Jazz Messengers