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Siggi Flosa and Joel Palsson Jazz Quartet in Dizzy´s Club
February 25th, 2008
This Icelandic quartet of two saxophones, bass and drums plays exciting new music written by the two leaders. The music is energetic and lyrical, traditional and experimental - all at the same time. All the band members are highly competent instrumentalists with extensive experience in various styles of jazz music. While well versed in traditional jazz styles, the players are also interested in experimental music. The audience should expect the unexpected.
Monday February 25th
Dizzy´s Club
Jazz at Lincoln Center
Phone: 212.258.9800
In 2006 the quartet the quartet performed in China and made their debut recording as a band in Shanghai. That recording has now been released in China as well as in Iceland.
Sigurður Flosason (born 1964) alto saxophone, has been active on the Icelandic jazz scene since the early 1980s. Sigurdur holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in both jazz and classical music from Indiana University. He has made 6 Cd’s in his own name as well as 8 duo recordings with other well known Icelandic performers. Although he’s mostly involved in jazz, he has also worked extensively in classical music and pop, theatre and studios. Sigurdur has performed in many European countries, U.S.A., China and Japan. He’s performed as a soloist with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and with choirs and big bands in Iceland and Scandinavia. Sigurdur won 1st prize in the American Hoagy Carmichael composition competition in 1987, has three times been voted jazz musician of the year in Iceland and twice been nominated for the Nordic Council’s Music Prize. Sigurdur Flosason has been vice-principal and head of the jazz department at the FIH School of Music, Iceland’s only jazz school, since 1989.
Jóel Pálsson (b. 1972), tenor saxophone has been involved in music since early age. He studied clarinet from age 8, but turned to the tenor saxophone and jazz studies at 15. After finishing music school in Iceland he enrolled Berklee College of Music in Boston from which he graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1994. Jóel has appeared on over 100 cd''''s and performed in various concerts and festivals abroad, in USA, Canada and Europe. He has recorded three CD''''s with orginal music: Prím , Klif and Septett as well as duo projects Stikur (w.Sigurdur Flosason) and Skuggsjá (w.Eythor Gunnarsson). Joel has been awarded three times at the Icelandic music awards for his albums.
Valdimar Kolbeinn Sigurjonsson (born 1977) double bass, studied at the Reykjavik College of Music, FIH School of Music and the Conservatory in Amsterdam. In the Netherlands he has performed with well known musicians and toured extensively with renowned drummer Han Bennik. He is best known in Iceland as a member of the Flis trio, who have won much-deserved acclaim as impressive representatives of the latest generation in Icelandic jazz. Recordings with Flis, Sigurdur Flosason, Kristjana Stefansdottir, as well as session work with various musicians of diverse styles.
Einar Scheving (born 1972) drums, has been a first-call drummer for numerous jazz and pop projects in Iceland since he was a teenager, having played on over 80 albums. In recent years, Einar has lived in Miami, where he has kept a
busy playing schedule, as well as teaching at the University of Miami, from where he holds a Master''''s degree. Einar, who currently spends his time between New York and Reykjavik, has also been gaining considerable attention for compositional vision.
