The Hook | ||||
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Released | 1974 | |||
Recorded | August 5–11 at Marcus Music AB in Stockholm | |||
Genre | Jazz fusion[1] | |||
Length | 36:11 | |||
Label | Love | |||
Producer | Måns Groundstöm | |||
Jukka Tolonen chronology | ||||
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The Hook is the third studio album by guitarist Jukka Tolonen, released in 1974 through Love Records; a remastered edition was reissued in 2004.[2]
All tracks are written by Jukka Tolonen
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Aurora Borealis" | 12:56 |
2. | "Starfish" | 6:17 |
3. | "The Sea" | 8:22 |
4. | "The Hook" | 8:36 |
5. | "Together" | 3:16 |
Total length: | 39:28 |
"Aurora Borealis" commences as a brass-dominated exercise in R&B, then switches to an uptempo fusion piece with analog synthesiser solos. "Starfish" is a lively, elaborate jazz composition originally written by Tolonen for the Pori Jazz Festival in 1974 which allows for extended solos on guitar, trumpet, saxophone, and synthesiser. "The Sea" is a midtempo jazz piano ballad with full band accompaniment. "The Hook" begins humorously with guitar strings detuned before launching into its whole tone scale-dominated melody. "Together" is a sensitive electric guitar and piano ballad.