Ilmiliekki Quartet

In 2002 Verneri Pohjola, Tuomo Prättälä, Olavi Louhivuori and Antti Lötjönen became the Young Nordic Jazz Comets by winning the Nordic jazz ensemble competition six months after founding the ensemble. Ilmiliekki's debut album "March of the Alpha Males" (TUM Records) was a nominee for a Jazz Emma (the Finnish Grammy) for the best jazz album of the year 2003. In 2004 the band was nominated Young Artist of the Year by the Finland Festivals organisation, while Verneri Pohjola was chosen as the Pori Jazz Festival Young Artist of the same year. Read more on Last.fm

Ilmiliekki Quartet was featured in the movie The Blue Note.

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