Jazz Articles about Joel Palsson

Joel Palsson: Prim

by C. Michael Bailey
March 1, 2000

Palsson on Naxos Jazz. First released on the Icelandic label Jazzis, Prim was the recording debut of conservatory-trained saxophonist Joel Palsson. I reviewed that release in the April 1999 edition of AAJ. After having reviewed this disc, I had contacted Mr. Palsson and put him in touch with the people at Naxos Jazz. Naxos Jazz has concentrated on recording many Scandinavian jazz groups and the music Joel Palsson was making seemed in keeping with the Naxos Jazz philosophy. This is ...

Joel Palsson: Prim

by C. Michael Bailey
April 1, 1999

The Iceman Cometh. Joel Palsson is a 26 year Old Icelandic tenorist who proves that jazz know no boundaries, racial, cultural, or national. His debut disc on the Iceland label Jazzis, Prim. The title is appropriately derived from the Icelandic term for “New Moon" or “Primal." This collection is comprised of nine original compositions plus an arrangement of an Icelandic folk song, “Pad mïlti min mïdir" ("Mother Says").

Pïlsson was born in the famous Reykjavïk, studying clarinet and saxophone in ...