04/07/2008

Skógar Jazz Festival, June 11 and 12, 2008

The 5th annual Skógar Jazz Festival will be held on July, 11 and 12. Like in the recent years Sigurður Flosason, one of the most prominent Icelandic Jazz artists, is the creative director of the festival.

 

The opening concert will be held on Friday at 9 pm at the Fossbúð community centre featuring the talented young performers  Ragnheiður Gröndal and the Haukur Gröndal Quartet. On Saturday, four Jazz bands perform in the Skógar Folk Museum, each of them for 50 minutes. The Fossbúð community centre is again the venue for final concert of the festival. Altosaxophonist Sigurður Flosason performs with his band Bláir Skuggar (Blue Shadows) and hosts an evening of bluesy Jazz composed by himself.

 

Admission for the concerts in the Skógar Folk Museum is free. The admission for each evening concert is 1500.- ISK.

 

 

Programme

Fossbúð Community Centre

(Right by the Camping Site)

 

21:00: Ragnheiður Gröndal and the Haukur Gröndal Quartet

Ragnheiður Gröndal, vocal; Haukur Gröndal, saxophon; Ásgeir J. Ásgeirsson, guitar; Þorgrímur Jónsson, double bass; Erik Qvick, percussion

 

 

 

Saturday July 12th

Skógar Museum- Museum of Transportation, cafeteria –free admittance

 

13:00 – 13:50: Sigurður Flosason Trio

Sigurður Flosason, saxophon; Jón Páll Bjarnason, guitar ; Þorgrímur Jónsson, percussion

 

14:00 – 14:50: Ari Bragi Kárason Quartet

Ari Bragi Kárason, trumpet; Þórir Baldursson, Hammond organ; Pétur Östlund, percussion

 

 

15:00 – 15:50: Birkir Freyr Matthíasson Quartet

Birkir Freyr Matthíasson, trumpet; Þórir Baldursson, Hammond organ; Pétur Östlund, percussion

 

16:00 – 16:50: Haukur Gröndal Quartet

Haukur Gröndal, saxophon; Ásgeir J. Ásgeirsson, guitar; Þorgrímur Jónsson, double bass; Erik Qvick, percussion

 

Fossbúð Community Centre

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