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Einar Scheving Quartet CD release concert at Harpa Concert Hall, Saturday, October 24th at 9pm. The quartet comprises some of Iceland’s finest jazz musicians – Eyþór Gunnarsson on piano, Óskar Guðjónsson on saxophone, Skúli Sverrisson on bass, and Einar on drums and percussion. The quartet will play music from its latest CD, Intervals, as well as music from Einar’s other two CDs – Cycles and The Land of My Father, both for which Einar received the Icelandic Music Awards.

“one of the most sublime beautiful albums I’ve heard. Magical, dreamlike, a pleasant sense of drifting through space. Highly recommended.” ***** Dave Sumner, allaboutjazz.com

“one of the most beautiful albums released in Scandinavia in modern times. An album that captures [Iceland’s] soul.” ***** Jan Gradvall, Dagens Industri, Sweden

“no less than the best introduction to the music and culture of Iceland, which you could want or even imagine.” ***** IJ.Biermann, nordische-musik.de