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News: Recording

Pianist Alan Blackman Releases "Alone Together - The 2 Piano Project"

March 8, 2012

Announcing the release of exciting new album from Baltimore pianist Alan Blackman. Four years ago he started a two piano series at Howard Community College in Columbia, Maryland as a way to bring in some of his favorite pianists and explore this unique format. This recording features two tracks by four different piano players; Vardan Ovsepian, ...

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Article: Album Review

Sunna Gunnlaugs: Long Pair Bond

Read "Long Pair Bond" reviewed by William Carey

by William Carey
February 3, 2012

Several songs on Icelandic pianist Sunna Gunnlaugs' Long Pair Bond, including the ballad “Elsabella," are lilting and beautiful enough to have an almost hypnotic effect. The interplay between Gunnlaugs and bassist Þorgrímur Jónsson is clearly borne out of a great deal of time spent working together. Along with drummer Scott McLemore, who contributed three compositions to ...

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Sunna Gunnlaugs: Long Pair Bond

Read "Long Pair Bond" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
February 2, 2012

With Long Pair Bond, Sunna Gunnlaugs returns to the piano trio format last heard on Far Far Away. Since that 1997 self-titled debut--the only album to use her tongue-twisting full name, Gunnlaugsdóttir--the Icelandic pianist has, in addition to contracting her name to the eminently more memorable Gunnlaugs, recorded almost exclusively with quartets, largely populated with American ...

Article: Album Review

Sunna Gunnlaugs: The Dream

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 20, 2012

Da parecchi anni il jazz europeo in generale è riconosciuto in tutto il mondo per il suo valore indiscusso ed è indubbio che la scena jazzistica scandinava ha avuto una fondamentale importanza nella crescita del movimento. Andando ancora più a nord, esattamente in Islanda, scopriamo un talento formidabile, la pianista Sunna Gunnlaugs. Se da un lato ...

Album

Long Pair Bond

By Sunna Gunnlaugs

Label: Sunny Sky Records
Released: 2011

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News: Contest

Enter the "Sunna Gunnlaugs - Long Pair Bond" CD Giveaway at All About Jazz!

December 9, 2011

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the “Sunna Gunnlaugs—Long Pair Bond“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on January 12th. Click here to enter the contest (Following Sunna Gunnlaugs at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Click here to listen to Long Pair ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Sunna Gunnlaugs

by AAJ Staff
November 29, 2011

Meet Sunna Gunnlaugs: Ex-Brooklyn patriot, born in Iceland, jazz pianist and composer Sunna Gunnlaugs has released five CDs and performed in Europe, Japan, Canada and the US, combining the elegance of the European approach with a New York attitude.Instrument(s): PianoTeachers and/or influences? When I lived in ...

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News: Recording

Pianist Sunna Gunnlaugs releases new album at the London Jazz Festival

October 23, 2011

Icelandic jazz pianist Sunna Gunnlaugs is releasing a new trio album on November 12th at the London Jazz Festival. However, the digital release will be Nov. 11. That is, 11/11/11 at 11:11pm EST. It was just too good to resist. With her on the album is her long-time cohort Scott McLemore on drums and fellow Icelander ...