bodacious jazz concert at my music school!

i played two jazz songs at a small concert with Tónskóla Sigursveins D. Kristinssonar (the music school of Sigursveinn D. Kristinsson) earlier today. A sort of finalizing concert for the work students had put in this passing winter. And man!! What a sexy concert! if i had known in advance how crazy this concert was going to be, i would've told more people and sooner.

there were maybe 25 people watching and a roughly equal number of students/teachers playing :P

anyway, there were small jazzbands, playing rockin solos, there was a song in 7/4 or 7/something, which is always a plus in my book, there was even a big band!! (which performed really well, excellent dynamics), and more, unfortunately, i don't have a recording of the concert, but here's the list of songs with youtube videos of those songs (where i could find them) and their respective performers.

The songs all sounded quite different usually, you can maybe sort of tell by the instruments chosen for each song compared to the youtube vids.

1. Au privave by Charlie Parker

2. Horos Mantilatos (turkish song) <-- 7/something

Magnús J. Ragnarsson, piano (coincidentally also a member of Electric Elephant)
Helgi Freyr Tómasson, guitar
Guðbrandur Aron Gíslasson, bass
Bjarni Dagur Karlsson, drums
Þorgrímur Jónsson, teacher

3. Blue Monk by Thelonius Sphere Monk

Bjarki Björnsson, guitar
Haukar Ingi Tómasson, bass
Bergur Máni Skúlason, drums
Jóhann Ingi Benediktsson, teacher

4. Keep that same old feeling´ by Wayne Henderson

Friðgeir Ingi Jónsson, guitar
Svavar Egilsson, guitar
Kolbeinn Tumi Haraldsson, elec piano
Bjarni Dagur Karlsson, drums
Jakob Hagedorn Olsen, teacher

5. It's Too Late (C. King)

Vera Rún Viggosdóttir, cello
Daniel Karl Cassidy, guitar

6. St. Louis Blues (W.C. Handy)

Atli Thorarensen, cello
Daniel Karl Cassidy, guitar

7. Interplay - Bill Evans

8. Scrapple From the Apple - Charlie Parker

Brynjar Daðason, guitar
Bjarni Gunnarsson, piano
Sigurður Einar Traustason, drums
Guðrún Jóna Þráinsdóttir, double bass
Kolbeinn Tumi Haraldsson, teacher

9. Body and soulful Bounce´ by Green/Heyman/Sour/Eyton, Charlie Parker (two songs played without pause)

Matthías Pétursson, piano, elec piano
Hrafnkell Sighvatsson, guitar
Guðbrandur Aron Gíslasson, bass
Pétur Pétursson, drums
Jakob Hagedorn Olsen, teacher

10. Work Song, Nat Adderley

11. Take Five, Paul Desmond

12. unknown third song by the big band! (they got a clapping encore)

Big band directed by Ólafur Jónsson
Halldór Sörli Ólafsson, alto sax
Ásmundur Jóhannsson, alto sax
Arnar V. Arnarsson, tenor sax
Pétur Örn Jónsson, tenor sax
Smári N. Guðmundsson, bari sax
Árni Daníel Árnason, trumpet
Bianca Rósa Roloff, trumpet
Þórður Hallgrímsson, trumpet
Birgitta Björg Guðmarsdóttir, trumpet
Jón Arnar Einarsson, trombone
Thorsten Roloff, trombone
Sævar Breki Einarsson, trombone
Magnús Ragnarsson, piano
Hrafnkell Sighvatsson, guitar
Guðbrandur Aron Gíslason, bass
Bjarni Dagur Karlsson, drums

you've outdone yourself this time TSDK! really impressive.

electric elephant at a.hansen hfj.

saw electric elephant at a.hansen in hafnarfjörður on may 2nd. Looking forward to seeing what they'll do in the future. I tried to ask the band members before they went on stage what type of music they played. The answers i got were: noise, just noise.

Well, i liked it! kind of funky, and some progressive rock tones. Definitely danceable! which is always a plus. But don't take my word for it, listen to these testimonies!

they are all obviously skilled at their instruments, which can help. Just listen to the guitar solo! I am a total sucker for synths too, and the keyboardist had some sweet ones. 

They did musíktilraunir 2015, which is an icelandic battle of the bands sort of. You can hear some demos from them there here:

Red Lights (demo)

While We're Young (same as youtube vid)

you can check out their facebook page ---> here <---