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JJ Soul Band

Icelandic band, fronted by UK vocalist/songwriter/lyricist John Soul. When living in Iceland for a brief period (‘91-‘97), John met songwriter Ingvi Þór Kormáksson and soon they began writing music together. In 1994 they made their first album, ‘Hungry for News’, with JJ Soul Band, and in 1997, ‘City Life’. On both albums the music is many-sided; Blues, R&B, Fusion, Rock, Pop and even Samba, sometimes all in one (Blues- conFusion?). The third album was ‘Reach for the Sky’ (2002) and finally there was “Bright Lights” in 2008

Ingvi Þór Kormáksson

Born: January 30, 1952

Ingvi Thor Kormaksson (Ingvi Þór Kormáksson) is an Icelandic songwriter. He’s been writing songs for the past 30 years and has to this day 13 albums to his credit. Altogether he's had ca. 200 of his compositions recorded by various artists. He’s mostly written in the AC genre, but jazzy chord progressions, blues, bossanova and samba rhythms are often featured in his music, and sometimes folk music traditions can also be heard. Ingvi's group, JJ Soul Band, is named after an Englishman, John Soul, who lived and worked in Iceland for several years but is now back in UK

New Album From Iceland; Latin Faculty – Latínudeildin

January 30, 2013

LATIN FACULTY – LATÍNUDEILDIN (2012): CD-1: English lyrics by JJ Soul, Portuguese lyrics by Jussanam da Silva and two instrumental songs. CD-2 includes the same songs with Icelandic lyrics written by various authors. Nine vocalists perform on the album, veterans like Gudrún Gunnars, Eivor Pálsdóttir and Thor Breidfjörd and younger generation jazz-singers like Marína Ósk and ...

Bright Lights

By JJ Soul Band

Label: Hrynjandi
Released: 2008

Reach For The Sky

By JJ Soul Band

Label: Hrynjandi
Released: 2002

City Life

By JJ Soul Band

Label: Geimsteinn
Released: 1997

Hungry For News

By JJ Soul Band

Label: Hrynjandi
Released: 1994