Kalle Kalima - High Noon (2016)

Kalle Kalima's music is mean, moody, magnificent, and is also adventurous and full of surprises. Whether he is off exploring the badlands on the borders of rock, putting his hand on his heart to salute his Finnish homeland, or inspiring jazz lawlessness in the band Kuu!, this forty-one year old is first and foremost a free spirit. This album is in the form of a road trip which passes through various landscapes but remains adhered to a tight unifying concept: country-jazz. The thirteen tracks of the album display huge variety, but when taken together almost form a suite. As its central episode, there are four hits from films scored by the distinguished Hollywood film composer Dimitri Tiomkin, including (naturally) 'High Noon', the title theme of the classic western from 1952 starring Gary Cooper. The remaining tracks range from classic Western tunes like 'South of the Border', or the mid-19th century sea shanty 'Santy Anno,' to the campfire classic Ghost Riders In The Sky . There are also evergreen songs such as The Shadows' 'Man of Mystery' and Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah'.

Tracklist:

01. Santy Anno (4:42)
02. Ghost Riders in the Sky (5:11)
03. Ballad of the Alamo (6:45)
04. Jaakarimarssi (5:48)
05. Lannen Lokari (5:30)
06. High Noon (4:48)
07. El Paso (6:09)
08. Hallelujah (4:29)
09. Little Joe the Wrangler (4:34)
10. Man of Mystery (4:45)
11. The High and the Mighty (4:06)
12. The Green Leaves of Summer (2:30)
13. South of the Border (5:52)

Personnel:

Kalle Kalima / guitar
Greg Cohen / double bass
Max Andrzejewski / drums