Jan Simons Band: Answer

Jan Simons Band is one of the most interesting groups from Finland. E.W/ Jazz Live (Austria 2000) Things are really happening in modern jazz music in Finland- 'Answer is a good example of it. Göran Olsson/ Jazz Stage (Sweden 2000) Simons coaxes his sidemen into some inspired playing, particularly trumpeter Kenny Wheeler's face-off with tenor saxophonist Manuel Dunkel on "For Sure" and Markku Ounaskari's impressionist drums and percussion work-out on "Bubbles." Downbeat, Jan. 2001

Kenny Wheeler: Trumpet Manuel Dunkel: Tenor Saxophone Niklas Winter: Guitars Samuli Mikkonen: Piano Jan Simons: Bass Markku Ounaskari: Drums

1. Memories of a Master (3:40) Jan Simons - Mp3 2. For Sure (7:30) Jan Simons - Mp3 3. Shades (5:03) Simons, Dunkel, Winter, Mikkonen, Ounaskari - Mp3 4. Black (5:06) Niklas Winter - Mp3 5. Answer (7:09) Jan Simons - Mp3 6. Bubbles (1:22) Simons, Dunkel, Winter, Mikkonen, Ounaskari - Mp3 7. Bitter Lemonade (5:51) Jan Simons - Mp3 8. One, Once (4:45) Jan Simons - Mp3 9. Moment of Your Everything (3:24) Jan Simons - Mp3 10. The End (3:22) Simons, Dunkel, Winter, Mikkonen, Ounaskari - Mp3 11. Back to the Beginning (6:00) Niklas Winter - Mp3