Sunna Gunnlaugs : Icelandic Jazz Pianist
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I'm preparing (logistically and mentally) for my trip to Bremen for the Jazz Ahead conference after which I'm really excited that my trio is headed to Berlin to play at B-Flat and then to the Women in Jazz Festival in Halle, Germany… and as if that weren't enough, as soon as we get back to...
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In a way, music is all about relationships. It's about connecting with people in the moment, on stage and off. I've been very lucky to connect with some wonderful people over the years and the past couple of weeks have been no exception. From September 23rd-27th I took part in a Women Composers Workshop in...
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In Iceland it is a rare thing for a jazz group to get the opportunity to play the same program 5 times in two weeks, especially when it's original music. This is mainly due to the fact that there is a pretty small audience for jazz, and there are very few people here in general...
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It's been quite a while since I've performed in Akureyri and even longer since I was in Ísafjörður (with the MIndful quartet!), so it's with much excitement that I announce Icelandic tour dates for my trio. These are all in celebration of the release of our new album Distilled, which in the last couple of...
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I'm heading to the airport to pick up Maarten Ornstein, the saxophonist from Holland who will be performing a couple of duo concerts with me on the Reykjavik Jazz Festival this week. Maarten's influences contain a great blend of traditional and ethnic music and I'm looking forward to exploring some different music with him. We...
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The new album is officially released now, and it's already received some flattering reviews. Here are a few of my favorite quotes: “probably the brightest of all her releases to date." — Stephan Moore, JazzWrap “This could have been mistaken for not only an ECM record, but a very good ECM record." — S. Victor...
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After I released Long Pair Bond on 11/11/11, the obvious thing to do would be to release the follow-up trio album on 12/12/12, but we missed that date. It was too close to Christmas anyway. And since there is no 13/13/13 (thank goodness!), Distilled will be released on my wedding anniversary 7/19/13, and it is...
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