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Album Review

Ingi Bjarni Skúlason: Hope

Read "Hope" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Ingi Bjarni Skúlason's seventh album, Hope, released on January 17, 2025, is a poignant exploration of grief and resilience, exquisitely woven into a Nordic jazz tapestry. This Icelandic pianist and composer, joined by truly estimable artists--Anders Jormin on double bass, Hilmar Jensson on guitar and Magnús Trygvason Eliassen on drums--crafts a soundscape that is both introspective and expansively beautiful. The quartet's synergy, finely honed at the Reykjavik Jazz Festival, shines across nine tracks, each a quiet meditation on loss and ...

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Album Review

Mikael Máni: Nostalgia Machine

Read "Nostalgia Machine" reviewed by Geno Thackara


Mikael Máni understands what's perhaps the most important thing about nostalgia: even if it's a near-universal thing, the experience is still different for everyone. Consequently, his personal Nostalgia Machine isn't so personal that it feels particularly tied to him, or even to any place or time. His variety of semi-abstract Nordic jazz gets at the kind of mood that underlies nostalgic feelings—thoughtful, reflective, vaguely dreamy—while staying open and accessible enough for anybody to enjoy on any level. If ...

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Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Hope

Losen Records
2025

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Fragile Magic

Self Produced
2024

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Uneven Equator

Self Produced
2024

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Hlýnun

Reykjavík Record Shop
2021

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Nostalgia Machine

Smekkleysa
2021

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Hagi

Reykjavik Record Shop
2021

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Ísfold

From: Uneven Equator
By Magnús Trygvason Eliassen

Introduction

From: Fragile Magic
By Magnús Trygvason Eliassen

Perfect Animal

From: ALLT ER ÓMÆLIÐ
By Magnús Trygvason Eliassen

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