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Scott McLemore

The Joy of Music

I gave a concert at the Reykjavik Jazz Festival last Monday. I was presenting my new album "The Dream" with an Icelandic version of the quartet. Scott and I had 3 rehearsals with bassist Þorgrímur Jónsson and saxophonist Óskar Guðjónsson. When you change half the members of a jazz quartet the music unavoidable takes on...

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Trio Recording in Seyðisfjörður

Last week I wrote a blogpost "Coincidences with a Purpose?" about events leading up to my trio's recording in the town of Seyðisfjörður (population under 800). I always enjoy traveling with a band and especially to the small towns in Iceland. There is a certain sense of calm in these towns, a charm to the...

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US Tour Diary. Day 5 + 6

Day 5, Saturday June 19th. New York to CT Read Part 1 | Part 2| Part 3 We thought we were giving ourselves plenty of time when we left NY at 3pm but apparently everybody else in New York decided to leave the city at the same time and head up to Maine. Traffic was...

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US Tour Day 4

Day 4, Friday June 18th. Baltimore to New Jersey. A Day of Driving. Go to Part 1 | Part 2 Driving to New York today was pretty smooth. We were shocked by how much we had to pay in road tolls and glad we didn't hit much traffic. We dropped Loren off in Brooklyn since...

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US Tour, Day 2 + 3

Day Two and Three. Thursday June 18th. Baltimore It is amazing how hard it is to find the time to even maintain a blog while on the road and not to mention a internet connection. Sadly our car doesn't come equipped with on. So Wednesday was our day off, sort of, in Baltimore. Unfortunately instead...

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