Forsíða – Tómas R.

Tómas R. Einarsson, bassist and composer, has released 20 records with his own music; Latin jazz, straight-ahead jazz, Nordic ballads, jazz & poetry and collaborations with singers. His music has been arranged for big bands and choirs and DJ´s have remixed his Latin music. Einarsson has played and toured extensively with his Latin group, performing at festivals and clubs in Iceland and abroad. He was the only European represented in the best-selling CD Putumayo Presents Latin Jazz in 2007. His CD/DVD Strengur (2011), for bass, percussion, water sounds and video, was selected as one of the best Latin records in 2011 by Descarga.com in New York. The cds Bassanótt (2013) and Bongó (2016) ranked both among the best Latin Jazz records of the year at the Colombian website SolarLatinClub.com.
Interview with Tómas R. in Paris 2013.

Tómas R. Einarsson: Latínball í Búðardal

Tónleikaplatan Latínball í Búðardal er hljóðritun frá sögufrægum tónleikum 9 manna latínsveitar Tómasar R. í Félagsheimilinu í Búðardal árið 2014. Þeir voru teknir upp í hljóð og mynd fyrir heimildarmyndina Latínbóndinn. En í myndinni var ekki pláss fyrir nema hluta tónlistarinnar og því kemur nú út á plötu 15 laga úrval frá tónleikunum. Þar koma fram söngvararnir Sigríður Thorlacius og Bógómíl Font en hljóðfæraleikarar eru auk Tómasar þeir Davíð Þór Jónsson píanó, Ómar Guðjónsson gítar, Matthías MD Hemstock trommur, Sigtryggur Baldursson kóngatrommur, Kjartan Hákonarson trompet, Óskar Guðjónsson saxófónn og Samúel Jón Samúelsson básúna og slagverk.

,,Dásamleg tónlist, jarðnesk og áþreifanleg og frábærlega spiluð” – Viktor Radziun, Mambotribe, Sankti Pétursborg, Rússland

,,Lífsgleðin skín sterkt í gegn alla plötuna” – Christopher Giese, Zeitungshaus Bauer, Þýskaland

,,Tónleikadiskur Tómasar er enn einn vitnisburðurinn um frumlega hugsun hans og vald á efninu” – DJ El Chino, Solar Latin Club, Kólumbía

 

Á YouTube eru 12 myndbönd af lögunum á plötunni, sjá t.d. hér

Latínball í Búðardal er á Spotify og öðrum veitum og fæst í Pennanum Eymundsson, Lucky Records, Melabúðinni og 12 Tónum.

Gangandi bassi

Einarsson released a new record in October 2019. He bought his first double-bass in August 1979 and recorded this new music in August 2019, on his 40 year bass anniversary. The original music sums up his career in jazz and Latin music: blues, swing oriented tunes, be-bop and Latin boleros. His fellow musicians on the record are saxophone-player Óskar Guðjónsson, guitarist Ómar Guðjónsson and percussionist Sigtryggur Baldursson. The writer Halldór Guðmundsson writes in his liner notes to the record:

“The entirety offers a remarkably complete impression of Tómas’ career, except that this time he completely indulges the melodic tendencies that have always been part of him. He has no qualms about quoting the jazz canon (“Upp og niður”, for example, walks on the sunny side of the street) and the melodies are consistently brilliant, even under the unusual circumstances of being presented by the bass, often in exemplary interplay with the guitar. As a result, the album offers not only an overview of Tómas’ career as a composer, but as a performer as well. An ambulatory adventure if there ever was one.”

Available on: iTunes/Apple Music: HERE / Google Play: HERE

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