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]

The Hook
Studio album by Jukka Tolonen
Released	1974 (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
Summer Games (1973) The Hook (1974) Hysterica (1975)

Track listing

Production

"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.

Personnel

• Jukka Tolonen – guitar, piano
• Esa Kotilainen – Minimoog, clavinet, accordion
• Esko Rosnell – drums, percussion
• Heikki Virtanen – bass
• Seppo Paakkunainen – baritone saxophone
• Jan Kling – tenor saxophone
• Pekka Pöyry – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
• Torgny Nilsson – trombone
• Bertil Löfgren – trumpet
• Måns Groundstöm – production

References