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Update #4: A new trio CD from Sunna
Hello all you fabulous people that supported "Making the Dream a Reality". Because of you my last Kickstarter campaign was a success and I am most grateful.
I have launched a new campaign that I wanted to tell you about (some of you have already pledged your support). I am releasing a new CD and this time it is trio with Þorgrímur Jónsson on bass and Scott McLemore on drums. You can hear three tunes if you scroll down the Kickstarter page for the project. We will be performing on the London Jazz Festival on November 12th and releasing the CD that day.
Please check out the video where I talk about the project and let me know what you think of our music. This is quite a departure from the quartet approach I think. There are some great stories behind the music that we will share in the DVD package including inspiration for the compositions and how they even brought lovers together.
And as always, your support is greatly appreciated. Whether you become a backer or not you could also support the project by using the shortcuts under the video to post it to Facebook, Twitter or to email it.
Hugs and kisses
Sunna
Update #3: Your Reward
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Posted on June 26, 2010
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Update #2: We made it!!!
YEEHAW! You are all too wonderful for words. We reached our goal. I am anticipating receiving copies of 'The Dream' tomorrow and mail out the advance copies on Monday. Life is beautiful!
As someone once sung, "The life I love is making music with my friends and I can't wait to be on the road again". I'll be hitting the road next week to promote the new album. If you are in these areas it would of course be wonderful to see you. If interested, you can download this pdf mini-version of the tour poster, print it and/or email it to friends. See you soon!
June 15 Columbia, MD Monteabaro Recital Hall 7:30pm (duo with pianist Alan Blackman!)
June 17 Baltimore, MD An Die Musik 8 & 9:30pm (CD release concert!)
June 18 Montclair, NJ Trumpet's 8 & 10pm
June 19 Middlewood, CT The Buttonwood Tree 8pm (double-bill w/Noah Baerman)
June 20 Boston, MA The Lily Pad 9:30pm
June 28 Richmond, VA The Camel 9pm(double-bill with Brian Jones)
Update #1: Almost third of the way there.
My dear backers, thank you! Thank you! Thank you! You are all so wonderful and generous. We are almost a third of the way there. I am working hard at promoting this so we can succeed and you can all get your rewards.
We only have 12 days left to meet the goal so if you feel like helping even more you could let all your music loving friends know about it. Click to send an email.
You could also make it the top thing on Facebook by hitting that Like button under my latest status update and even leave a comment on my wall. No need to be shy.
I am so very grateful for your support and can't wait to ship your award to you.
Sunna
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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.
