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Anna Mjoll

Anna Mjöll was born inReykjavik, Iceland. She is the daughter of guitarist, composer and arranger Olafur Gaukur and singer, model and radio program director/producer Svanhildur Jakobsdóttir. Her parents had one of the most successful bands in the history of Iceland, “Sextett �”lafs Gauks” - with their own TV show, numerous albums and constant touring. Mjöll was trained in piano, guitar and cello. She released her first CD recorded with her mother at age 19, and performed on Iceland television numerous times prior to her 1996 Eurovision appearance where she represented Iceland with the song Sjúb�-dú (Shoe-be-do) which she co-wrote with her father

Article: Album Review

Mark Masters: Our Metier

Read "Our Metier" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


Splendido arrangiatore di scuola mainstream, Mark Masters guida formazioni orchestrali fin dai primi anni ottanta e gran parte della sua produzione discografica l'ha incisa per l'etichetta Capri di Thomas Burns. I suoi dischi recenti--compreso l'ultimo Blue Skylight -erano concept album dedicati a grandi nomi del jazz, come Clifford Brown, Duke Ellington, Lee Konitz o ...

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The Mark Masters Ensemble: Everything You Did: The Music of Walter Becker and Donald Fagen

Read "Everything You Did: The Music of Walter Becker and Donald Fagen" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Another tribute album from leader / arranger Mark Masters whose splendid ensemble has previously paid homage to trumpeter Clifford Brown, saxophonist Lee Konitz, trombonist Jimmy Knepper and the Gershwin brothers (Porgy & Bess Redefined). This time around it's the music of Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, better known by their collective name, Steely Dan. The album, ...

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Mark Masters: Everything You Did

Read "Everything You Did" reviewed by Jeff Dayton-Johnson


Bandleader/arranger Mark Masters has recorded a set of Steely Dan tunes with a big band, which can be set on the shelf next to his celebrated albums dedicated to the music of George Gershwin, Duke Ellington and Dewey Redman. A Dan jazz album makes sense. It's clear from the rock band's '70s albums that Donald Fagen ...

News: Performance / Tour

Anna Mjoll Live @ Vitello's - Almost Sold Out!

Anna Mjoll Live @ Vitello's - Almost Sold Out!

“Iceland’s Anna Mjöll grew up in one of her country’s leading musical families, eventually representing Iceland in the famed Eurovision Song Contest. She then joined the band of Julio Iglesias, touring worldwide before setting out on her own career as a jazz singer and songwriter. Mjöll has quietly built a following around L.A. over the past ...

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The American Jazz Institute presents Miss Anna Mjoll at Vicky's of Santa Fe on February 27

The American Jazz Institute presents Miss Anna Mjoll at Vicky's of Santa Fe on February 27

American Jazz Institute's Jazz Supper Club Series with Miss Anna Mjoll at Vicky's of Santa Fe in Indian Wells Monday, February 27, 2012, 5:30 PM-9:30 PM Vicky's of Santa Fe in Indian Wells is the locale for the most exciting jazz series in the Desert presenting 6 Jazz Programs by The AmericanJazz Institute, proceeds of which ...

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Anna Mjoll at Vibrato on February 24th

Anna Mjoll  at Vibrato on February 24th

Iceland's First Lady of Jazz, Miss Anna Mjoll plays another near-guaranteed sellout at Herb Alpert's Vibrato in Bel-Air Friday, February 24th, 2012 at 9pm “The sweetest voice on the current Jazz scene. Period." —Arnaldo DeSouteiro “Lightly twisted, jazzy..." —Los Angeles Times Anna Mjoll By LA Weekly's Tom Meek: Iceland's Anna Mjoll grew up in one of ...

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Anna Mjoll @ Vibrato Jan 29 2012 - Almost Sold Out !

Anna Mjoll @  Vibrato Jan 29 2012 - Almost Sold Out !

Iceland's First Lady of Jazz, Miss Anna Mjoll plays another near-guaranteed sellout at Herb Alpert's Vibrato in Bel-Air Sunday, January 29th, 2012 at 8pm “The sweetest voice on the current Jazz scene. Period." —Arnaldo DeSouteiro “Lightly twisted, jazzy..." —Los Angeles Times Anna Mjoll By LA Weekly's Tom Meek Iceland's Anna Mjoll grew up in one of ...

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Jingle Bells

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Label: Self Produced
Released: 2010
Duration: 3:25

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News: Recording

Anna Mjoll's "Christmas Jazzmaz" CD Now Available

Anna Mjoll's "Christmas Jazzmaz" CD Now Available

Icelandic jazz diva Anna Mjll has finally released her much anticipated second solo CD—this time an incredible jazz Christmas CD Christmas Jazzmaz with Tnaljn Records. In its second week, Christmas Jazzmaz is already receiving rave reviews for its originality, freshness and quirkiness both due to the amazing arrangements by lafur Gaukur and also due to the ...


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