Jazz Articles about Arnold Ludvig

About Arnold Ludvig

Album Review

Arnold Ludvig Quintet: Live at Maggies ’18

Read "Live at Maggies ’18" reviewed by Joshua Weiner

by Joshua Weiner
July 14, 2026

Should anyone doubt that jazz is alive and well in all corners of the globe, Live at Maggies '18, an enjoyable live album by the quintet led by fretless electric bassist Arnold Ludvig will prove the point. Ludvig hails from the Faroe Islands archipelago, an autonomous territory of Denmark located between Norway, Iceland, and Scotland. Born in 1968, he began playing bass at the age of 12 and composing at the age of 23. After studying jazz in Reykjavik and ...

Radio & Podcasts

Knats, Harben Kay, Arnold Ludvig Quintet, And More

by Colin Muirhead
February 28, 2026

Featuring music by Knats, Harben Kay, Giacomo Smith, the Strictly Smokin' Big Band, the Arnold Ludvig Quintet, and more. Playlist House of the Black Gardenia “ Suit of Roses" from Mazurka in Jazz (Self Released) 00:00 Giacomo Smith “Caravan" from (Self Released) 5:25 Strictly Smokin' Big Band “Frim Fram Sauce (feat. Alice Grace)" from Time After Time (Jazz Sound Records) 10:44 Matt Carmichael “stone skimmer" from dancing with embers (Self Released) 15:40 Brian Molley Quartet “Dance of the ...

Album Review

Arnold Ludvig Sextet: Iceland

by Dave Wayne
May 21, 2016

Situated in the North Atlantic, roughly equidistant from Scotland, Norway, and Iceland, the Faeroe Islands are one of the last places one would expect to find a thriving international jazz scene populated with world-class improvisers and a record label dedicated to documenting all of the action. Tutl Records, founded in 1977 by the Danish jazz musician and composer Kristian Blak, is dedicated to the popularization of Faeroese music of all stripes, including the jazz-based efforts of Blak's own band, Yggdrasil. ...