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Amped in Amsterdam
With the support of i-Portunus I was able to come to the Netherlands for a week of rehearsing, performing and recording with bass-clarinetist Maarten Ornstein and bassist Tony Overwater......
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Visitors from Norway
It's my pleasure to welcome Oddrún Lilja, who is actually Icelandic but lives in Norway. We're going to be playing together at the Reykjavík Jazz Festival on August 28 as well as......
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Buzz about Belgium
I'm back in Iceland now and feeling inspired after playing duo with the brilliant German pianist Julia Hülsmann at the Gaume Jazz Festival in Rossignol, Belgium. The concert was outdoors under a giant tent and the weather didn't cooperate. You might even say...
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Blues Alley Streaming
I was so excited to revisit one of my favorite venues in the States, Blues Alley. They are a partner in the 2021 Nordic Jazz Festival. Alas, they will be presenting a re-stream of a concert with my trio......
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Stockholm Streaming
These days performing with anyone is a rarity, but it is indeed a special treat to get two grand pianos on stage and have Julia Hülsmann sitting at one of them. We have performed together several times and it's always fresh. Exploring each other's compositions and just reacting in real time is so much fun....
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Town Artist
What an honor. I was overwhelmed to hear that I had been selected by Kópavogur to be the Town Artist or Bæjarlistamaður....
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Streaming for Poland
Like all performers, I've been affected by the pandemic with cancelled tours and closing venues. We try to stay positive even when the future looks bleak. We find new ways to connect with the world....
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My Time in Finland
The trio flew to Finland last month for a brief tour with Verneri. I meant to write something about it before we went, but I've been so busy composing for an Icelandic TV show that I didn't get around to it. So here's a recap instead. First of all, I love Finland. The people are so nice and everything just seems to work there. All the venues we played at were outstanding. The first two (in Tampere and Helsinki) were called G Livelab and are run in partnership with the Finnish musicians union. The design and acoustics of the spaces......
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At Long Last, Vinyl… and Freyjujazz
There are no words for how relieved I am to finally have my first vinyl pressing ever. After delays and flaws and "technical issues" Ancestry is now available as a 12" 180g LP. We couldn't fit all the tracks from the CD version, but when you order from Bandcamp you also get a digital download of the whole thing. The process of trying to structure the LP to make musical sense and yet fit on 2 sides is another store entirely. Talk about hard decisions. Otherwise, Freyjujazz is starting up again and we have 4 women from Germany visiting in......
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Face to Face at Medimex
I'm excited to announce that I'll be participating in Medimex this year which takes place in Taranto, Italy. On June 8th I'll be doing "speed meetings" (do I need good shoes for that?) from 10:30 – 12:00. I'm also looking forward to hearing a bunch of great music. It looks like quite a line-up. For...