Scott McLemore trommuleikari er fæddur í Virginíu í Bandaríkjunum og útskrifaðist 1997 með B.M. gráðu í jazztrommuleik frá William Paterson College í New Jersey. Hann bjó nær áratug í New York þar sem hann lék meðal annars með Sunnu Gunnlaugs, Ben Monder, Michael Kanan, Tony Malaby, Angelica Sanchez, Chris Cheek, George Colligan, Kerry Politzer, Mark Helias og Tim Berne. Scott er nú búsettur á Íslandi og hefur undanfarið leikið meðal annars með kvartett Kristjönu Stefánsdóttur, Gömmum, Elísabetu Eyþórsdóttur og kvartett Andrésar Þórs Gunnlaugssonar. Morgunblaðið sagði í gagnrýni 4. febrúar síðast liðinn „Það er mikill fengur að Scott McLemore hér - hann er hrikalega góður trommari". Fyrir skömmu kom út hjá Fresh Sound New Talent fyrsti geisladiskur Scotts með hans eigin tónsmíðum; Found Music. Scott kennir á trommur við Tónsali í Kópavogi.

Þorgrímur Jónsson kontrabassaleikari lauk burtfararprófi af jazzdeild FÍH vorið 2001. Næsta vetur stundaði hann klassískt nám á kontrabassa undir handleiðslu Gunnlaugs Stefánssonar í Tónskóla Sigursveins D. Kristinssonar en kenndi jafnframt við Tónlistarskóla Árbæjar. Hann fór til framhaldsnáms við Koninklijk Conservatorium í Haag í Hollandi og lauk B.M. prófi vorið 2006. Meðal kennara voru Hein Van Der Heyn, Frans Van Der Hoeven, Uli Glassmann og Roeloef Meijer. Þorgrímur kennir við tónlistarskóla Árbæjar og tónlistarskóla Garðabæjar og hefur leikið með helstu jazzleikurum Íslands á hinum ýmsu stöðum svo sem á Jómfrúnni, í Deiglunni á Akureyri, jazz- og blúshátíðinni í Vestmannaeyjum, á jazzklúbbnum Múlanum og á Jazzhátíð Reykjavíkur. Einnig hefur hann leikið inn á plötur og unnið við sjónvarp og útvarp.

Sunna Gunnlaugs Jazz Trio 
performs in Sigurjón Ólafsson Museum Tuesday 17. July at 20:30. 
The concert begins at 20:30.
Admission 1500 ISK

Jazz pianist Sunna Gunnlaugs leads a trio with Scott McLemore on drums and Þorgrímur Jónsson on acoustic bass. The trio performs Sunna’s compositions, old and new, which combine the elegance of the European approach with a more fiery American-sounding rhythm section, proving that jazz can have a wider appeal without losing integrity.

Sunna Gunnlaugs, jazz-pianist and composer, graduated in 1996 with B.M. in Jazz Studies from William Paterson College in New Jersey. She has performed in Japan, at Canada's major jazz festivals, in Europe and in the USA, meeting with critical acclaim in jazz publications where her music is said to combine "the elegance of the European approach with a more fiery American-sounding rhythm section ... [proving] that jazz can have a wider appeal without losing integrity." (All About Jazz). She has released four CDs with original compositions and her latest, Live in Europe, reached the top 10 on jazz radio charts in the US and the #2 spot in Canada. Sunna Gunnlaugs has been the recipient of an artist’s salary in Iceland on three occasions. She has also presented an annual series of jazz programs on the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service’s Channel 1 since 1998.

Scott McLemore, drummer and composer, a native of Virginia USA, graduated 1997 with B.M. in Jazz Studies from William Paterson College in New Jersey. He was active on the New York jazz scene for the next decade, performing with Sunna Gunnlaugs, Ben Monder, Michael Kanan, Tony Malaby, Angelica Sanchez, Chris Cheek, George Colligan, Mark Helias and Tim Berne, among others. McLemore has been living in Iceland since 2005 and has performed and/or recorded with the ‘crème de la crème’ of Icelandic jazz musicians. Morgunblaðið commented that he was ‘a great catch for the Icelandic jazz scene. He is a terrific drummer’. His first CD as a band leader, entitled Found Music, featuring his own compositions performed by top New York jazz musicians, was recently released by Fresh Sound New Talent. Scott McLemore teaches drums and music theory at Tónsalir in Kópavogur.

Þorgrímur Jónsson, double bass player, graduated from FÍH’s jazz department in Reykjavík in 2001. The following year he studied classical bass with Gunnlaugur Stefánsson at S.D.K. music school, as well as teaching at Árbær Music school. Last spring he graduated with a B.M. degree from Koninklijk Conservatorium in Den Haag, Netherlands. Among his teachers were Hein Van Der Heyn, Frans Van Der Hoeven, Uli Glassmann and Roeloef Meijer. Þorgrímur Jónsson teaches at the music schools in Árbær and Garðabær. He is one of Iceland’s premier jazz bass players, performing and/or recording extensively all around the country.