Aurora Hentunen – Little Further (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 42:27 minutes | 489 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Aurora Hentunen is a young diverse Finnish pianist and composer, currently living in Helsinki.
Hentunen assembled her quartet at the beginning of 2017 while studying in Amsterdam. Debut album ‘Second Spring’ was released in April 2018 and her second album ‘Frost’ in August 2019. Her music has been described as very compositional and the band as distinctive, led by mature young musicians. The band is considered as one of the rising stars in the Nordic Jazz scene.
Aurora Hentunen Quartet became quintet as the tenor saxophonist Ukko Heinonen joined the band in 2020. AHQ’s third album “Little Further” was released on October 18th 2024 on Eclipse Music. Little Further reflects the state of being during the last few years, forced collective stagnation and uncertainty of the future. However, it gently guides the listener to continue their journey and to believe in tomorrow. The first single Gray Waves featuring the GRAMMY award-winning bass player Linda May Han Oh was released on the 10th of May 2024.
Hentunen’s work has been supported by many known Finnish cultural foundations, such as Kone foundation, the Finnish Cultural Foundation, the Finnish Music Foundation and the Finnish Music Creators’ Fund. Her work can also be heard on commissioned Big Band and string ensemble pieces, examples include Sointi Jazz Orchestra, Jyväskylä Big Band, Lappeenranta Big Band, and UJE Ensemble.
Tracklist:
1-1. Aurora Hentunen – One Room (05:37)
1-2. Aurora Hentunen – Pressured Speech (04:56)
1-3. Aurora Hentunen – The Last Ones (02:24)
1-4. Aurora Hentunen – Little Further (06:17)
1-5. Aurora Hentunen – Only For Now (03:25)
1-6. Aurora Hentunen – But I’m Here (05:19)
1-7. Aurora Hentunen – Gray Waves (04:51)
1-8. Aurora Hentunen – Less Than Always (04:55)
1-9. Aurora Hentunen – Letter (04:39)
