First time ever on CD!Starting with "Valtakunta" (1968) and continuing with "Odysseus" (1969), "For Children" (1970), "The Original Sin" (1971), "Muusa Ja Ruusa" (1971), "Wahoo!" (1972), "3rd Version" (1973), "The Front Is Breaking" (1976), "Labyrinth" (1977) and finally "Live At The Belmont Jazz Club" (1977) Koivistoinen produced a body of work of amazing depth, beauty, sophistication and intellectual significance, which remains as a wonderful illustration of the Finnish and European Jazz heritage during that decade.However, by the end of the 1970s, the immense popularity, which European Jazz managed to kindle, was gradually losing its steam. Record labels, owned by international mogul corporations, lost interest in any kind of adventurous music, Jazz included, and the number of Jazz releases went down considerably, a situation which affected Finland as well. Undeterred by this turn of events Koivistoinen decided to take matters into his own hands and established in 1983 one of the first musician-owned independent record labels, PRO Records, which enabled him to realize his musical projects.This album is a deeply significant milestone in Koivistoinen's musical development, since it presents for the first time the true depth of his compositions as well as his overall musical approach. It is also his first work with a large-scale ensemble, which enables him to utilize his arranging skills to a full extent.The six compositions present here were recorded by three different lineups; a tentet ("Sinner", "Both & And" and "Rock & Roll"), a septet ("The Original Sin") and a sextet (the remaining two). The tentet comprised of: Eero Koivistoinen - tenor, alto & soprano saxophones, Tapani Luuppola - trumpet, Jussi Aalto or Erkki Lipponen - trombone, Pekka Poyry - tenor & alto saxophone, Pentti Lahti - baritone saxophone, Eero Ojanen - piano, Lance Gunderson - guitar, Pekka Sarmanto - bass and Reino Laine & Esko Rosnell - drums. The sextet comprised of: Koivistoinen, Ojanen, Gunderson, Sarmanto, Laine and Rosnell and
