Iiro Rantala brings to this Saarbrücken audience some of his arrangements of Lennon's music, coming from his latest cd Working Class Hero. The Finnish pianist succeeds in preserving the soul of these timeless songs while at the same time adding something totally new to them.
Among the most internationally visible Finnish jazz musicians, Iiro Rantala is second to none when it comes to unsurpassable keyboard technique and flaring showmanship. The piano player first got infected by music in the children's choir Cantores Minores at the age of seven. In 1988 Rantala enrolled at the Sibelius Academy and founded Trio Töykeät, the outrageously original group which was to become one of the biggest success stories of Finnish jazz both locally and abroad.