Agnar Mar Magnusson

Agnar Mar Magnusson: Mór

by Friedrich Kunzmann
October 17, 2020

Agnar Mar Magnusson's blend of Icelandic folk tradition with jazz is of an especially smooth sort. For his newest trio effort--the follow-up to his 2018 adventure Hending, featuring New York guitarist Lage Lund--the Icelandic pianist is not only influenced by folk melodies but actually rearranges original folk songs for trio. To top it off, the trio is augmented by subtle horn arrangements which garnish the tunes' harmonic frames and reinforce the folkloric atmosphere the music conveys. Essentially, it ...