International Release

December 13, 2011

CD-1
When I Was With You Heikki Sarmanto 07:25 / So Much Happened... Juhani Aaltonen and Heikki Sarmanto 06:10 / What We Cannot Imagine Heikki Sarmanto 06:34 / ...It Happened Today Juhani Aaltonen and Heikki Sarmanto 07:15 / Le Petit Soldat Heikki Sarmanto 06:05 / Just Like A Dream Juhani Aaltonen and Heikki Sarmanto 07:31 / You and the Night and the Music Arthur Schwartz - Howard Dietz 08:17 / Evening Prayer Heikki Sarmanto 07:34 // Total playing time 56:51

CD-2
From Nothing Heikki Sarmanto 07:16 / No Work Bound Me Heikki Sarmanto 07:29 / Free Souls Juhani Aaltonen and Heikki Sarmanto 10:22 / The Sea In The Moonlight Heikki Sarmanto 08:23 / War Trane Heikki Sarmanto 06:10 / Peace Talk Juhani Aaltonen and Heikki Sarmanto 04:36 / Alone Together Arthur Schwartz - Howard Dietz 05:51 / Evening Haze Heikki Sarmanto 08:32 // Total playing time 58:39

Music sample

Juhani Aaltonen tenor saxophone
Heikki Sarmanto piano

Conversations presents two Finnish jazz icons, Juhani Aaltonen and Heikki
Sarmanto, in an extended musical conversation - an open dialogue. It is a collection of 16 improvisations either created spontaneously in the studio or by using Sarmanto´s compositions and even two standards as a launching pad - nearly two hours of improvised music altogether. Conversations is not their first duo album but it is without a doubt one of their very best, reflecting nearly five decades of shared musical history and their love for improvisation