Rok, since you took Finland, I'll take Norway, and begin with "Terje Rypdal". He was born 23 August 1947 in Oslo, Norway, is a Norwegian guitarist and composer. Most of his music has been released on albums of the German record label ECM. Rypdal has collaborated both as a guitarist and as a composer with other ECM artists such as Ketil Bjørnstad and David Darling. Over the years, he has been an important member in the Norwegian jazz community.
The son of a composer and orchestra leader, Rypdal studied classical piano and trumpet as a child, and then taught himself to play guitar as he entered his teens. Starting out as a Hank Marvin-influenced rock guitarist with The Vanguards, Rypdal turned towards jazz in 1968 and joined Jan Garbarek's group and later George Russell's sextet and orchestra. An important step towards international attention was his participation in the free jazz festival in Baden-Baden, Germany in 1969, where he was part of a band led by Lester Bowie. During his musical studies at Oslo university and conservatory, he led the orchestra of the Norwegian version of the musical Hair. He has often been recorded on the ECM record label, both jazz-oriented material and classical compositions.
His compositions "Last Nite" and "Mystery Man" were featured in the Michael Mann film Heat, and included on the soundtrack of the same name.
Since I recently broke a stylus, I can't review what I have on my ECM albums, but here's what I found on You tube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiZ6YuIrj54 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CttBw2tcrB0This music refreshed my memory of Terje; I'll let you comment first.
Enjoy the music.