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This project successfully raised its funding goal on June 10, 2010.
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Full album download before it is officially available, (through bandcamp, meaning pretty much any format you'd want)
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Copy of CD and downloadable files before it is officially available. Signed upon request. (includes shipping)
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All previous levels + pdf files of the sheet music, a t-shirt, downloadable commentary on each of the songs recorded,
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All previous levels + I will cover whatever song you want me to on YouTube and send you said cover in an MP3 format.
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All previous levels (excluding YouTube cover), + iPod Nano with back catalog and unreleased material. You plus 1 on the guestlist at the next Sunna Gunnlaugs concert of your choice. 24 hours notice required.
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All previous levels (excluding YouTube cover) plus a Photo Diary w/ CD featuring select live tracks from this year's performances. (Photo Diary will be sent at the end of the year)
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Level 1 thru 3 plus I will come to your house at a mutually convenient time and play a set of music. You choose between my originals, Icelandic songs, standards or a mix of all. (Travel expenses may be required. Some restrictions apply.*)
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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.
