Claim: Upon graduating from Stockholm, Mika Pohjola studied at Berklee College of Music under the following professors: Herb Pomeroy, an American jazz trumpeter, Gary Burton and Hal Crook.
Evidence: After graduating from Stockholm, Pohjola moved to Boston, Massachusetts to study under a scholarship at Berklee College of Music. His Berklee professors included Herb Pomeroy, Gary Burton, Phil Wilson, Ed Bedner, and Hal Crook. Irving Herbert Pomeroy III (April 15, 1930 – August 11, 2007) was an American jazz trumpeter, teacher, and the founder of the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble.