Jakob Frímann Magnússon
Jakob Frímann Magnússon | |
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Born | Copenhagen, Denmark | 4 May 1953
Occupation(s) | Composer, keyboard player, film director and producer |
Years active | 1979-present |
Website | https://www.jakobfrimann.is/ |
Jakob Frímann Magnússon (born 4 May 1953) is a Danish-born Icelandic composer, keyboard player, film director and producer. In Iceland he is best known as the keyboardist and one of the founders of the multiartistic band Stuðmenn, with which he has so far produced 16 albums as of 2017.[1] He has also directed, produced and starred in several films, and released several solo albums with a number of famous jazz musicians from the United States. For a period of the 1990s he was the cultural attaché of the Icelandic embassy in London. Since 2002, aside from playing in Stuðmenn and recording new albums, Jakob Frímann is the co-owner and manager of the advertisement agency Bankastræti in Reykjavík.
Jakob studied music in
His 1985 film Cool Jazz and Coconuts was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival.[2]
Selected discography
- Empire Mark I (1974)
- Empire Mark II (1977)
- Special Treatment (1979)
- Jack Magnet (1981)
- Tvær systur / Time Zone (1982)
- "Ragga & the Jack Magic Orchestra" 1997
- "Human Body Orchestra" 1998
- "Made in Reykjavik" (2002)
- "Piano" (2005)
- "Jack Magnet Quintet live" (2012)
- "Global Warming" (2016)
- "High North" (2020)
Selected films
- Með allt á hreinu (On Top) (1982)(still the most successful film in the history of Icelandic cinema[3])
- "Brasilíufararnir" 1982
- " Nickel Mountain" 1984
- Kókóstré og Hvítir Mávar (Cool Jazz and Coconuts) (1985)
- " Rocking China" (1986)
- Í takt vid tímann (Ahead of Times) (2004)
References
- ^ "News review: A Changed Political Scene?". Iceland Review. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
- ^ "14th Moscow International Film Festival (1985)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-03-16. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
- ^ "StudmennsHomePage". studmenn.com. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
External links
- "studmenn.com". Retrieved 2016-05-20.
- "Snara". snara.is. Retrieved 2016-05-20.[permanent dead link]
- "COOL JAZZ AND COCONUTS - dir. JAKOB F. MAGNUSSON | MORE ICELANDIC FILMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER | Icelandic Film Centre". icelandicfilmcentre.is. Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
- "Jakob Magnusson Releases "High North" EP". Jazz World. Retrieved 2020-05-09.