"...Atro"Wade" Mikkola has successfully arranged 11 golden (Finnish) favourites with a daring touch of be-bop...The arrangements have a genuine jazz-feel - without butchering the melodies...I am glad to welcome musicians like Wade, who are skillful and open-minded enough to find new and individual approaches to deal with the world of popular music." (Liner notes by Pentti Lasanen)This quintet CD features some of the top Finnish representatives of their instruments playing jazz-arrangements of Finnish standard songs from the 20's to the 60's. It earned top ratings in the Scandinavian papers as the first of its kind.Markku Johansson-tpt, Pekka Toivanen-saxes, Lasse Hirvi-piano,"Wade" Mikkola-bass, Tomi Parkkonen-drums."Surprisingly witty jazz-arrangements out of old nostalgic hit-melodies". Aksentti 7/1999 (Record of the month)