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Einar Scheving

Einar Scheving is a drummer/composer from Iceland. He started playing jazz and rock music professionally at the age of fifteen and soon became one of the country's foremost drummers. Einar has been gaining considerable attention for his compositional vision and is a three-time winner of the Icelandic Music Awards, including two for Best Album of the Year: Cycles in 2008 and Land Mins Fodur (The Land of My Father) in 2012. Both albums have received rave reviews and sold remarkably well. Einar is a mainstay on the Icelandic music scene, playing and recording with many of the country’s foremost artists.

Awards

Three-time winner of the Icelandic Music Awards: Best Jazz Composition, 2007 for "Lif" Best Jazz Album, 2008 for "Cycles" Special Jury Price, 2012. (Best Album, Open Category) for "Land Mins Fodur (The Land of My Father)"

Anders Lønne Grønseth & Multiverse: Inner View

by Chris May
May 23, 2023

Since George Russell published his influential Lydian Chromatic Concept Of Tonal Organization in 1953, other jazz musicians have attempted to reforge the theoretical construct of their music--with varying degrees of success and including some egregiously posturing examples of b.s. which bring to mind Hans Christian Andersen's salutary story The Emperor's New Clothes. One twenty-first century venture which authentically hits the mark is Israeli-born, New York-based tenor saxophonist Oded Tzur's Middle Path, his deft recalibration of microtonal Indian ...

Extended Analysis

Einar Scheving: Land Mins Fodur

by Alex Franquelli
June 10, 2013

It is jazz, all right. But it is that kind of jazz that manages to flow in a natural, effortless way. The rigid canons of composition are refined by a clever approach to folk music, which in Land Míns Föður (The Land of My Father) ceases to be a mere echo in an otherwise contemporary context to become the lens through which relatively recent influences are filtered and acknowledged. Drummer Einar Scheving is one of the most prolific and praised ...

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Album Review

Stevie Holland: More Than Words Can Say

Read "More Than Words Can Say" reviewed by Jim Santella

by Jim Santella
June 28, 2006

Words are not sufficient to describe the bright spirit that comes from Stevie Holland's latest release. You've got to hear her to understand the many qualities that make up this winning performance. She combines a highly accurate vocal presentation with deeply felt expression and comes up with the best of both worlds. While communication is her forte, Holland also ensures that we're treated to a musical performance of the highest caliber.

The album begins with “Only You, which ...

Land Mins Fodur (The Land of My Father), 2011: “one of the most beautiful albums released in the Nordic countries in modern times. An album that captures Iceland's soul..." ***** Jan Gradvall, Dagens Industri, Sweden

Cycles, 2007: "This is pure art, in which one has the feeling of disappearing into a dream world where only beauty exists.” ***** Vernhardur Linnet (Iceland’s most notable jazz critic).