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This project successfully raised its funding goal on November 11, 2011.
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Supporter Package: Digital download of the album with artwork in pdf format + an invite to hang after our show on the London Jazz Festival... if you happen to be in London.
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Patron of the Arts Package: Commission an original composition by Sunna for release on an upcoming album, with a mention in that album's liner notes. You'll be famous! + all previous levels.
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Jazz Angel Package: We'll meet for dinner or coffee when I'm in your town (or you in mine), or a Skype chat if a face to face meeting is impossible + all previous levels.
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Bridging the Brooklyn-Reykjavik jazz divide with European elegance and a fiery, New York drive… Icelandic pianist Sunna Gunnlaugs is “proof that jazz is as much a part of the picture as the pop of Björk or SigurRos.” - Time Out New York
Unreleased FREE MP3s and exclusive content are available to subscribers of Sunna’s free newsletter. Sign up via her website or choose from 8 different audio formats at her Bandcamp page.
A recent article in the UK magazine Jazzwise says "Sunna Gunnlaugs' Trio [ ] cool atmospherics and meditative quality draws on Icelandic folk melodies and brooding soundscapes, yet internally has an unhurried Bill Evans-like swing and an appetite to explore the inner soul." — Jon Newey, Jazzwise October 2011.
The Washington Post described her music as possessing “such timeless virtues as lyricism and grace… elegantly bridges soul-searching passages with uncluttered swing.”
Upon her arrival in New York, Gunnlaugs was proclaimed an “impressive newcomer” by the Village Voice. She moved to the city after graduating from William Paterson College in New Jersey in 1996 and remained a Brooklyn resident until 2005 when she returned to Iceland with her husband and drummer, Scott McLemore.
Gunnlaugs has performed throughout the US, Canada and Europe, as well as in Tokyo, Japan, and the six recordings she has released as a leader have consistently met with critical praise over the years. She has appeared in publications such as JazzTimes, Downbeat, Jazz Podium, Concerto, Stereo, Jazzman, Village Voice, Time Out New York, Swing Journal, All About Jazz and The Washington Post.
Her latest album "The Dream" was released on June 16th 2010. It features Loren Stilman on saxophone, Eivind Opsvik on bass and Scott McLemore on drums.
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Phew ... happy to have made it in time ... hope the campaign will suceed. I'm looking forward to hear some new stuff from you ...
I can’t wait to hear the beautiful new music, Sunna!