Mika Pohjola

Based in New York but originally from Finland, Mika Pohjola is an introspective post-bop pianist/composer whose influences range from <a href="spotify:artist:4HCwj3Nt6DTTmJCpHuQOeM">Paul Bley</a> to <a href="spotify:artist:5olDKSsFhhmwh8UCWwKtpq">Chick Corea</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:4jXfFzeP66Zy67HM2mvIIF">Bill Evans</a>. Pohjola, who was born in Finland in the early '70s, learned a lot about jazz from his father, a Helsinki-based jazz guitarist. Pohjola's father had a large record collection, and he did a lot to encourage his son's interest in jazz. Pohjola was 15 when, in 1987, he left Finland for Sweden; in that Scandinavian country, he studied jazz with a musician/teacher named Alvaro Is. Pohjola got a lot of encouragement from Is, who urged him to move to the U.S. -- and he did exactly that when he went to Boston and studied music at the prestigious Berklee College of Music (where his teachers included trumpeter <a href="spotify:artist:7bEkIe7MRmoFDfM2blrOcO">Herb Pomeroy</a> and vibist <a href="spotify:artist:4iovNkf44dsELmo3E7XSKX">Gary Burton</a>). Eventually, Pohjola decided that he would be better off in New York, and he moved to the Big Apple in 1995. Since then, he has recorded several albums as a leader, including sessions for GM, Change, YLE, and his own MikaMusik label. ~ Alex Henderson, Rovi

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