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The Reykjavik Big Band

A Brief Guide To Icelandic Jazz

by Ingi Bjarni Skúlason
August 5, 2024

With contributions from Ingrid Örk Kjartansdóttir and Freysteinn Gislason. Iceland, a country of roughly 400,000 inhabitants in the North Atlantic Ocean, is known for its music, with notable artists such as Björk, Sigur Rós, and more recently, Laufey. You might wonder about the state of jazz in Iceland. In 2023 alone, 26 jazz or ...

An Icelander at Uluwatu Temple

By Stefán S. Stefánsson

Label: Stefmennt
Released: 2023
Track listing:

1. 1 An Icelander At Uluwatu Temple 5:45
2. 2 Fossvogur 5:06
3. 3 Tickles 5:50
4. 4 Asa 5:27
5. 5 Nile 6:10
6. 6 The Pizza Man 5:48
7. 7 Hokkaido 4:57
8. 8 Santa Cruz Sixpence 4:13
9. 9 About Time 4:14

Johann Hjorleifsson

Born: May

The Reykjavik Big Band: Innri

by Jack Bowers
September 4, 2016

Speaking of cool jazz . . . It doesn't get much cooler than Iceland, where the remarkably talented Reyjkavik Big Band makes its home. According to the most recent available evidence, Innri is either the fifth or sixth album recorded by the RBB, which was formed in 1992 and is composed of professional ...