About Valtteri Laurell Nonet
In the spring of 2016, Valtteri Laurell Pöyhönen composed the commissioned work Tigers Are Better Looking for the Oulu Elojazz Festival. The festival's artistic director, Jukka Eskola, had suggested that Pöyhönen compose music for a band whose main soloist would be clarinetist Antti Sarpila, with whom Pöyhönen had previously collaborated with both Dalindèo and the Ricky-Tick Big Band. The end result is modern jazz music that draws on the cool
