Nan Madol (album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Nan Madol
| type = Album
| artist = Edward Vesala
| cover = Nan Madol (album).jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1974}}
| recorded = {{Start and end date|1974|04|25|1974|04|26}}
| studio = Alppi Studio
Helsinki, Finland
| genre = Jazz
| length = 45:07
| producer = Manfred Eicher
| chronology = Edward Vesala
| prev_title = Hot Lotta
| prev_year = 1973
| next_title = Satu
| next_year = 1976
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = ECM Reissue Cover
| type = album
| cover = Nan Madol ECM.jpg
| border =
| alt =
| caption =
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Nan Madol is an album by Finnish jazz drummer and composer Edward Vesala, recorded over two days in April 1974 and released on ECM's JAPO imprint later that year. It was re-released on ECM in 1976.[http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1000/1077.php? ECM discography] accessed September 7, 2011
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
| rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
| rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1447}}
}}The AllMusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Leader plays percussion, flutes, harp. With Finnish friends in duo to large-ensemble contexts."Nastos, M. G. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/nan-madol-r149523 Allmusic Review] accessed September 7, 2011
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Edward Vesala
| headline = Side I
| title1 = Nan Madol
| length1 = 6:02
| title2 = Love for Living
| length2 = 3:47
| title3 = Call from the Sea
| length3 = 1:58
| title4 = The Way of...
| length4 = 12:09
| total_length = 23:56
}}{{Track listing
| headline = Side II
| title1 = Areous vlor ta
| length1 = 12:38
| title2 = The Wind
| length2 = 9:23
| total_length = 22:01
}}
Personnel
- Edward Vesala – drums, percussion, flute, harp
- Teppo Hauta-aho – bass, voice (tracks 1, & 4–6)
- Sakari Kukko – flute (track 1)
- Elisabeth Leistola – harp (track 4)
- Charlie Mariano – alto saxophone, flute (tracks 5 & 6)
- Pentti Lahti – soprano saxophone, bass clarinet (tracks 5 & 6)
- Seppo Paakkunainen – soprano saxophone, flute (tracks 5 & 6)
- Juhani Aaltonen – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, piccolo flute, bells, voice (tracks: 1, 2, & 4–6)
- Mircea Stan – trombone (track 5)
- Kaj Backlund – trumpet (tracks 1, 4 & 5)
- Juhani Poutanen – violin, viola, voice (tracks 1 & 4–6)
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