In 1968 he released his first solo album, a "literary record" called Valtakunta which featured songs composed to the texts of such poets as Pentti Saarikoski, Jarkko Laine, Tuomas Anhava and Hannu Mäkelä; interpreted by the vocalists Vesa-Matti Loiri, Eero Raittinen and Seija Simola.
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His hip hop-influenced 2006 album X-Ray features such people as the vocalists Charles Salter and Bina Nkwazi, DJ LBJ (also known as Jonas Verwijnen) and the rap artist Redrama (also known as Lasse Mellberg).
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Koivistoinen was also a member of the seminal Finnish rock band Blues Section in the years 1967 and 1968.
He played dance music at first, but was soon invited to appearances in jazz clubs by bandleaders like Eero Koivistoinen and Esa Pethman.
Eero Saarinen | Eero Väre | Eero Roine | Eero Koivistoinen | Eero Järnefelt | Eero Heinäluoma | ''Burning the Brushwood'', 1893. By Eero Järnefelt |