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Sigurdur Flosason and Kjeld Lauritsen
Sigurdur Flosason and Kjeld Lauritsen: Nightfall
by Chris Mosey
Icelandic saxophonist Sigurdur Flosason gets a pretty unique sound out of his instrument. His silky, rhapsodic style of playing harks back to Johnny Hodges but with more bite. There are only the very faintest echoes of Charlie Parker and hardly any of John Coltrane. Yet Flosason is both inventive and soulful. This is quite remarkable in that he hails from a country known internationally only for cod and--musically--the dismal wailing of Bjork. Small wonder ...
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by Chris Mosey
They used to call this kind of thing “mood music." The idea was to put the listener in a particular mood, usually one of calm and relaxation. When it came to jazz, the US label Prestige climbed on the bandwagon with a whole series titled--wait for it-- “Moodsville." Moodsville aimed at providing jazz that was “beautiful, poetic and thoughtful." Talented Icelandic alto saxophonist Sigurdur Flosason and Danish Hammond organ player Kjeld Lauritsen have similar ...
read moreSigurdur Flosason/Kjeld Lauritsen: Daybreak
by Chris Mosey
They used to call this kind of thing “mood music." The idea was to put the listener in a particular mood, usually one of calm and relaxation. When it came to jazz, the US label Prestige climbed on the bandwagon with a whole series titled--wait for it-- “Moodsville." Moodsville aimed at providing jazz that was “beautiful, poetic and thoughtful." Talented Icelandic alto saxophonist Sigurdur Flosason and Danish Hammond organ player Kjeld Lauritsen have similar ...
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Sigurdur Flosason and Kjeld Lauritsen
