Home from Winnipeg, Manitoba in Canada

Just home after a wonderful experience with the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra. Two concerts with this wonderful orchestra, great stefan winnipeg canadaplayers and a marvellous vocalist  Stacey Nattrass. Mostly material from the cd An Icelander at Alhambra Palace but also other tunes by me and others. 

Had a wonderful time in Winnipeg, hope to visit again soon. Many thanks to the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra and her leader Dr. Richard Gillis

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Mambo Concert at Harpa

 

A concert at Harpa Reykjavik with the Reykjavik Big Band. Storsveit rvik mambo HarpaMambo's, Salsas, and other exciting latin music with 4 percussion players and a flaming big band. 

Loads of fun!

Next program: Original Icelandic music for big band. Looking foreward to it. Laughing

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Vikivaki - The improvisational folk group-Recording

Just finished a recording session with Vikivaki the Icelandic improvisational folk band... a lot of fun with great players, Ásgeir Vikivaki In The StudioÁsgeirsson guitar and szas, Gunnar Hrafnsson bass, Ragnhildur Gunnarsdóttir trumpet and flugelhorn, Jóhann Hjörleifsson drums and singer Erla Stefánsdóttir.

CHECK OUT THE MUSIC ON SOUNDCLOUD

 

 

 

 

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A powerful recording session finished

Just finished recording with the Reykjavik Bigband great powerful Icelandic jazz recording with music by our tenor saxophonist storsveit joel SSJóel Pálsson​ arranged by our pianist Kjartan Valdemarsson​ Check it out when it's released.  
Volcanic stuff!

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A powerful concert at Harpa with the Reykjavik BigBand

Just played a powerful concert consisting of compositions by Icelandic tenor saxophonist Joel Pálsson arranged by our Joel kjartan tonleikarpiano player Kjartan Valdemarsson.  The roof barely stayed on Silfurbergs Harpa Concert House. Congrats to Joel and Kjartan and the Reykjavik Bigband. Hope we'll do this again soon. The band will be recording this in beginning of june. 

 

 

 

 

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