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Jimi Tenor – Influences

 
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Finnish musician has teamed up with UMO, who we're told are "the Finnish "national" Jazz Orchestra", to put together a selection of contemporary jazz sounds that are substantially more mystical than you could ever have imagined. The album, entitled Mysterium Magnum, sees Jimi play a Russian synthesizer Ritm-2, tenor saxophone and flute – not your average batch of instruments by any means. To celebrate the release, we asked Jimi to talk us through some of the sounds that he's found the most inspirational throughout his years as a music-maker.

Jimi Tenor & UMO's Mysterium Magnum is out on 4th September via Herakles Records.

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The Wicker Man - Corn Rigs - Paul Giovanni

Maybe my favourite film of all time, The Wicker Man has incredibly good music by Paul Giovanni. The Wicker Man could actually be called a musical, it has so much music. Here’s a song called Corn Rigs.

  • The Wicker Man - Corn Rigs - Paul Giovanni

    Maybe my favourite film of all time, The Wicker Man has incredibly good music by Paul Giovanni. The Wicker Man could actually be called a musical, it has so much music. Here’s a song called Corn Rigs.

  • Hermeto Pascoal - Live At Montreux Jazz Festival (1979)

    Hermeto Pascoal is one of my favourite artists. He plays also flute, sax and keyboards like myself. He also has an interest in unusual instruments.

  • Pharoah Sanders - Colors

    I don’t think there’s a song that I would have listened to more than this one: Pharoah Sanders – ‘Colors’. I think Pharoah is a great composer. I’m not sure why he plays mostly standards or Coltrane songs these days. His own material is much stronger, in my opinion.

  • Jeff Mills - Solid Sleep

    This is a great Jeff Mills track. I was really feeling this in the ’90s. It just works!

  • Sun Ra - Enlightment (Nuits De La Fondation Maeght Vol 1)

    I love Sun Ra. I went to see his gig for the first time in 1990 in New York. For me, there’s life before that gig and life after that gig. The free-sections of that gig were truly magic and of course I love all the songs. Here is ‘Enlightment’ sung by June Tyson and John Gilmore.

  • Themroc [ Picoli - Dewaere - Miou Miou - Coluche ]

    This is also in my top ten list of films: “Themroc”. An alternative French film featuring Michel Picoli. It doesn’t have any music but it has influenced me as an artist profoundly.

  • Lalo Schifrin - Scorpio's Theme From Dirty Harry

    Genius movie music by Lalo Schifrin: “Scorpio’s Theme”, from Dirty Harry. Schifrin is my favourite film composer. He can make hit melodies and when needed he can be very artsy. The mixdown of this track is mind-blowing.

  • Iggy Pop - New Values

    Oh my god, I love Iggy Pop. Not his most know album New Values happens to be by far my favourite album of his. Here is the title track New Values. The guitar by James Williamson is a classic!

  • James Chance - "I Danced With A Zombie"

    The sax player that has influenced me the most is James White. Here’s his amazing song: ‘I Danced with a Zombie’. He is also very good on stage.