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Sunna Gunnlaugs: Becoming
by Neil Duggan
Raised on a small peninsula in Iceland and later educated in New York City, Sunna Gunnlaugs, could easily have followed a different musical path if it hadn't been for the gift of a Bill Evans record in her teens. That gift set her on a path that has led to Becoming, the fifth album Gunnlaugs has released with her trio, comprising fellow Icelandic bassist Thorgrimur Jónsson and drummer (and husband) Scott McLemore. Gunnlaugs reached number two on the ...
Continue ReadingSunna Gunnlaugs: Distilled
by Angelo Leonardi
La scena musicale islandese non ha prodotto solo Björk, Sigur Rós e, per quanto riguarda il jazz, Mezzoforte e Skúli Sverrisson. La pianista di questo trio, Sunna Gunnlaugs (il cognome per esteso è Gunnlaugsdóttir) è un'artista pregevole che ha vissuto negli anni Novanta a New York suonando con Drew Gress, Tony Malaby, Loren Stillman e altri, sviluppando uno stile che sa essere liricamente ricercato sul modello Brad Mehldau ma capace di groove come il compianto Esbjörn Svensson.
Continue ReadingSunna Gunnlaugs: Distilled
by Jakob Baekgaard
It is tempting to connect a musical aesthetic with a particular place. In fact, the whole idea of national music relies on the concept of an intrinsic national spirit, which creates an original musical expression. The only problem with a concept like national music is that it tends to pigeonhole musicians and create prejudice rather than adventurousness. Then it is great to have an artist like Icelandic pianist Sunna Gunnlaugs, who is good at turning things around. ...
Continue ReadingSunna Gunnlaugs: Long Pair Bond
by AAJ Italy Staff
Ci sono situazioni ipercodificate, nelle quali è operazione rischiosa avventurarsi. Lo si può fare con spirito iconoclasta, con intento di ricerca o con volontà di aderire ad una tradizione. Il trio pianistico è una di queste e Sunna Gunnlaugs è consapevole del rischio che corre, nel far uscire Long Pair Bond, alla guida del trio che ha formato da qualche anno con suo marito Scott McLemore alla batteria e Porgrimur Jonsson al basso. Si tratta di un trio pianistico dagli ...
Continue ReadingSunna Gunnlaugs: Keys For Traveling
by Dave Sumner
Pianist Sunna Gunnlaugs is back in the USA for a visit. Following on the heels of the critical success of 2011 release Long Pair Bond (Sunny Sky), Gunnlaugs will be touring from coast to coast beginning in Berkeley, California and hitting several cities along the way to a three-day grand finale in Virginia Beach, Virginia. She'll have the Long Pair Bond trio in tow, with Scott McLemore on drums and Þorgrimur Jonsson on bass.Originally from Iceland, Gunnlaugs attended ...
Continue ReadingSunna Gunnlaugs: Long Pair Bond
by William Carey
Several songs on Icelandic pianist Sunna Gunnlaugs' Long Pair Bond, including the ballad “Elsabella," are lilting and beautiful enough to have an almost hypnotic effect. The interplay between Gunnlaugs and bassist ?orgrímur Jónsson is clearly borne out of a great deal of time spent working together. Along with drummer Scott McLemore, who contributed three compositions to this session, the group plays with an empathy for which jazz ensembles strive, especially important in trios such as this.Gunnlaugs has a ...
Continue ReadingSunna Gunnlaugs: Long Pair Bond
by John Kelman
With Long Pair Bond, Sunna Gunnlaugs returns to the piano trio format last heard on Far Far Away. Since that 1997 self-titled debut--the only album to use her tongue-twisting full name, Gunnlaugsdóttir--the Icelandic pianist has, in addition to contracting her name to the eminently more memorable Gunnlaugs, recorded almost exclusively with quartets, largely populated with American (or, at least, American-resident) musicians met after moving to the United States in 1993 to study at William Paterson College. Long Pair Bond's return ...
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