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Tómas R. Einarsson
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Tómas R. Einarsson is an Icelandic composer and double bass player who has been prominent in the Icelandic jazz scene since the early nineties. Much of his later work is influenced by Cuban jazz music. In 2014 he was granted the Order of the Falcon by the President of Iceland for his contribution to jazz and culture. Tómas was born in the town Blönduós in the north of Iceland and grew up in Dalabyggð. He studied at Hamrahlid College in Reykjavík and was at the time a radical socialist who often took part in demonstrations. He began playing the double bass during his time studying history and Spanish at the University of Iceland
Tómas R. Einarsson: Latínball í Búðardal
by C. Michael Bailey
If jazz can be considered America's gift to the world—a music genre proven absorbent of local influences and capable of being recreated with every performance in every climate—then the brand of Latin jazz of Icelandic bassist Tómas R. Einarsson can be considered an extension of that same gift, second generation and once removed. Iceland, climatically and ...
Latínball í Búðardal
Label: Lucky Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Títómas; Bassanótt; Hægt en bítandi; Mambó fyrir tíu tær;
Spjallað við bændur; Sæll og glaður; Dakíri; Janúar; Þú ert;
Havana; Hjarta mitt; Havanablús; Laugar; Kúbansk;a Stolin
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