title: The Hook (album)
text: # The Hook (album)
  
  The Hook is the third studio album by guitarist Jukka Tolonen, released in 1974 through Love Records; a remastered edition was reissued in 2004.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All tracks are written by Jukka Tolonen.
  
  ## 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
  