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Gork – Óskar Kjartansson – Útgáfutónleikar
Gork er fyrsta Plata Óskars Kjartanssonar. Hún var gefin út af Reykjavík Record Shop í ágúst 2022 og var valin Jazz Ársins af Morgunblaðinu og tilnefnd til Kraumsverðlaunanna. Tónlistin einkennist af miklum rokk-, eða jafnvel metaláhrifum og er því einskonar samsuða af rokki og jazzi. Tónlistin er samin í kringum bassa og gítar riff fremur en hefðbundnari hljómaganga í þeim tilgangi að vera einföld í sniðum, með mikið pláss fyrir hljóðfæraleikara að fylla inn í eyðurnar með spuna. Laglínurnar eru einnig oftar en ekki tilraunir í kringum ryðma fremur en tóna. Óskar fagnar útgáfu plötunnar með þessum tónleikum á Jazzhátíð Reykjavíkur þar sem platan verður spiluð í heild sinni.
Óskar Kjartansson – Trommur
Gabríel Markan – Gítar
Valdimar Olgeirsson – rafbassi
Helgi Rúnar Heiðarsson – Saxófónar
Tumi Árnason – Tenor Saxófónn
Gork – Óskar Kjartansson – Release Concert
Gork is Óskar Kjartanssons first album. It was released by Reykjavik Record Shop in August 2022 and was chosen as “Jazz of the year” by Morgunblaðið newspaper and nominated for The Kraumur Awards. The music is defined by a lot of rock- or even metal influences and might therefore be called some sort of mix of metal and jazz. The music is written around bass- and guitarriffs, rather than the more traditional chord progressions more regularly found in jazz music. The music is supposed to be simple in design to leave space for the muscisians to fill in the blanks with improvisation. The melodies are likewise centered more around rhythm rather than tones. Óskar celebrates the release of the album with this concert at the Reykjavík Jazz festival where the album will be played in it’s entirety.
Óskar Kjartansson – Drums
Gabríel Markan – Guitar
Valdimar Olgeirsson – Electric Bass
Helgi Rúnar Heiðarsson – Saxophones
Tumi Árnason – Tenor Saxophone
Kaupið plötuna/Buy the LP: https://rrs.is/shop/vinyl/lp/oskar-kjartansson-gork/
