The Finnish/Swiss Tour
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ReleasedOctober 1, 1991
RecordedNovember 1990
VenueTampere Jazz Happening
Internationales Jazz Festival, Zürich
Internationales Jazz Festival, Zürich
| The Finnish/Swiss Tour | ||||
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| Released | October 1, 1991 | |||
| Recorded | November 1990 | |||
| Venue | Tampere Jazz Happening Internationales Jazz Festival, Zürich | |||
| Genre | Free improvisation, free jazz | |||
| Length | 1:02:01 | |||
| Label | ECM ECM 1455 | |||
| Producer | Steve Lake | |||
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The Finnish/Swiss Tour is a live album by the Hal Russell NRG Ensemble recorded in November 1991 at Tampere Jazz Happening in Finland and the Internationales Jazz Festival in Switzerland and released on ECM October the following year. The quintet features saxophonist Mars Williams and rhythm section Brian Sandstrom, Kent Kessler and Steve Hunt.[1]
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
The AllMusic review awarded the album 4½ stars stating "This is an extraordinary record, full of fire, reckless abandon, and thrilling playing from Russell, obviously, but also from his great band."[2]
JazzTimes' Marc Masters wrote, "The deliriously happy sound of The Finnish/Swiss Tour is equally worthy of reverent veneration and ecstatic celebration."[3]
