Bjorn Thoroddsen and Kazumi Watanabe @ Shinjuku Pit Inn Tokyo on April 2nd Kazumi Watanabe will celebrate his 40 years of working as a jazz artist
by hosting an Anniversary Concert. Bjorn Thoroddsen will open
the segment of the concert at the Shinjuku Pit Inn, a legendary jazz venue in Tokyo.
There Bjorn will take the stage with Kazumi and his band,
consisting of
bassist Nobuyoshi Ino and drummer Hideo Yamaki,
both of which are among the leading jazz musicians currently working in Japan.
Bjorn will also perform with Kazumi at another concert during his stay in Tokyo.
This is a clip of Kazumi Watanabe and Bjorn Thoroddsen
playing together at the Icelandic Guitar Fest in 2008:
Gítarveizla Bjössa Thor komin út á geisladisk
Gítarveizla Bjössa Thor var haldin í Salnum, Kópavogi í nóvember 2009. Tónleikarnir voru ţađ vinsćlir ađ
haldnir voru tveir aukatónleikar í janúar 2010.
Nú er kominn út geisladiskur frá fyrstu tónleikunum og
fćst hann í öllum betri hljómplötuverslunum.
Eftirtaldir listamenn koma fram á plötunni:
Tryggvi Hübner,
Villi Guđjóns, Óli Gaukur, Steini í Eik, Björn Thoroddsen,
Jón Páll Bjarnason, Sigurgeir Sigmundsson, Sćvar Árna,
Gunnar Ringsted, Eđvarđ Lárusson, Hjörtur Steinarsson,
Ţórđur Árnason o.fl.
...The best performers made the most out of the this opportunity...
One such musican is Icelandic guitarist Björn Thoroddsen.
“Jazz performer of the year 2003”
The Icelandic Music awards.