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Becoming

Label: Sunny Sky
Released: 2023
Track listing: Becoming; Suddenly Autumn; Where the Winds and Waters Call; Sound of Summer; The Heart May Race; Make the Jump; Nicotune; Becoming (alternate take).

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Article: Album Review

Sunna Gunnlaugs: Becoming

Read "Becoming" reviewed 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 ...

Album

Distilled

Label: Sunny Sky
Released: 2014
Track listing: Momento; Distilled; Switcheroo; Smiling Face; Gallop; Spin 6; The New Now; 24th Trip; Things You Should Know; From Time to Time; Opposite Side; Spin 7.

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Article: Album Review

Sunna Gunnlaugs: Distilled

Read "Distilled" reviewed 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 ...

Album

Remote Location

Label: Sunny Sky
Released: 2013
Track listing: Remote Location; Secrets at Earth; Citizen Sitting Zen; Uno Danzoen La Cocina; Charlottesville; Dunegrass; Woods at Night; Waking; BalkeLero; Don't Miss the Signs; Movement for Motian.

Album

Distilled

Label: Sunny Sky
Released: 2013
Track listing: Momento; Distilled; Switcheroo; Smiling Face; Gallop; Spin 6; The New Now; 24th Trip; Things You Should Know; From Time To Time; Opposite Side; Spin 7.

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Article: Album Review

Sunna Gunnlaugs: Distilled

Read "Distilled" reviewed 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 ...

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Momento

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Label: Sunny Sky
Released: 2013
Duration: 6:10

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News: Recording

Sunna Gunnlaugs Trio Releases "Distilled" on Sunny Sky Records

Sunna Gunnlaugs Trio Releases "Distilled" on Sunny Sky Records

Her last album Long Pair Bond received 5 stars from the Austrian jazz magazine Concerto, among other stellar reviews from around the world. Icelandic pianist Sunna Gunnlaugs set high expectations for the follow-up trio recording, Distilled, which was just released on Sunny Sky Records. There have already been some initial reviews. Blogger Stephan Moore from Jazz ...

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Article: Album Review

Scott McLemore: Remote Location

Read "Remote Location" reviewed by John Kelman


While musicians relocate all the time, moving from the vibrant New York scene to more remote environs might seem an odd choice. After eight years in NYC playing with artists including guitarist Ben Monder and saxophonist Tim Berne, drummer Scott McLemore relocated with wife Sunna Gunnlaugs to her native Iceland following the pianist's decade-plus American stay. ...


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