For his third record, Aapo Heinonen has created a refreshingly unique sound, a relaxed whirlwind of fusion-grooves, Latin swing and modal-jazz-melodies – all embedded into stimulatingly complex arrangements. To arrive at this point, the keyboard virtuoso has turned his quintet upside down. Recorded on a hot Summer weekend and under the hallucinatory influence of a flu infection, Tara sports an intoxicating sound, offering plenty of freedom to all participants.

Aapo Heinonen – grand piano, keyboards, synthesizers
Teemu Takanen – alto & soprano saxophones
Héctor Lepe – electric guitar
Vesa Ojaniemi – electric bass
Tomi Saikkonen – drums
Ricardo Padilla – percussion (tracks 1, 2, 7)
Lotta-Maria Pitkänen – violin (tracks 2, 3)
Mila Laine – cello (track 3)

1 Way Out South 08:30
2 Tara 10:08
3 Open Water 07:23
4 The Truth Of Another 10:20
5 And Then I Missed Her Again 06:04
6 Unreachable 07:36
7 Summer Of Serenity 07:18
8 Solace 05:15