• 01. I Should Care 05:20
Performed by Mika Pohjola
Music by Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston
Published by Cahn Music Company
• 02. A Prelude to a Kiss 05:32
Performed by Mika Pohjola
Music by Duke Ellington
Published by Sony ATV Harmony
• 03. And Now The Queen 03:56
Performed by Mika Pohjola
Music by Carla Bley
Published by Carla Bley Music
• 04. Now Came to Us 03:25
Performed by Mika Pohjola
Music by Mika Pohjola
Published by Mika Music
• 05. The Second Time Around 04:39
Performed by Mika Pohjola
Music by Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn
Published by EMI Miller Catalog Inc
• 06. The Things We Did Last Summer 03:41
Performed by Mika Pohjola
Music by Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn
Published by Cahn Music Company
• 07. The Gypsy 06:43
Performed by Mika Pohjola
Music by Billy Reed
Published by MCA Music Publishing
• 08. These Foolish Things 04:34
Performed by Mika Pohjola
Music by Eric Maschwitz, Jack Strachey
Published by Boosey and Hawkes, Inc.
• 09. Autumn in New York 04:33
Performed by Mika Pohjola
Music by Vernon Duke
Published by Sony ATV Tunes
• 10. Lost in the Stars 04:05
Performed by Mika Pohjola
Music by Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson
Published by Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
• 11. But Beautiful 03:01
Performed by Mika Pohjola
Music by Jimmy van Heusen, Johnny Burke
Published by Bourne Co.
• 12. Blame It on My Youth 06:16
Performed by Mika Pohjola
Music by Oscar Levant, Edward Heyman
Published by Levant Oscar Music
• 13. For Nenette 03:47
Performed by Mika Pohjola
Music by Bill Evans
Published by Folkways Music

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• Mika Pohjola - piano

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Our time is full of noise. A frenzy of reaching something faster than time can allow has taken over our natural beings. The Red Bicycle is a tribute to the opposite energy of all this craziness we live in. This is a spontaneous recording, made in a moment of inspiration in just over an hour. (The first and last song were recorded in 2008 at Bennett Studios, however.) I was lucky to get it all recorded, it seldom happens. Most songs were recorded back to back since there was no sound engineer. It was easier to just keep going. The Red Bicycle, parked on the cover image in the middle of the bridge over a river, awakens the thought "Wait a minute: What's the hurry? What's really going on? What is important, right now?" I hope you, the listener, will wind down and reflect over these important questions as we're approaching the end of the first decade of the 21st century. What has changed in ten years? For the better or the worse? Is time really moving faster or did we start drinking more coffee? Did we get more done? And that question which may touch the soft spot: Are we happier? Slow energy is not supported in our time, but it can be very powerful. On this album, I've tried to include nothing but that, and I hope you'll enjoy it as we enter a hopefully more peaceful second decade of the 21st century.
Mika Pohjola

Photo: Johanna Pohjola

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