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is a Finnish-born jazz pianist and composer, who resides in New York City. He is one of the most significant Scandinavian jazz musicians in his generation.
Pohjola was born in Helsinki, Finland, and grew up in the neighboring city of Vantaa. He received his formal education in a Steiner school, where his first instrument was violin. He then studied drums, and in 1979 piano and basic music theory with his father, Heikki Pohjola, who is a notable Finnish jazz guitarist. In 1981, young Pohjola...
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