BJÖRK GUÐMUNDSDÓTTIR & TRÍÓ GUÐMUNDAR INGÓLFSSONAR
Genres: Pop, Art Song, Folk • Iceland

Björk Guðmundsdóttir & tríó Guðmundar Ingólfssonar was an Icelandic jazz music band. The band formed in 1990 when the singer-songwriter Björk Guðmundsdóttir, who at the time sang and wrote for The Sugarcubes, joined the tríó Guðmundar Ingólfssonar (Guðmundur Ingólfsson on piano, Guðmundur Steingrímsson (a.k.a. Papa Jazz) on drums and Þórður Högnason on bass). According to one version of events, earlier Björk and Guðmundur Ingólfsson had developed a friendship after playing together in 1987 at Hótel Borg, Reykjavík. Another story has it that Björk's previous appearances on a local jazz radio program called Godravina Fundur had made an impression on Guðmundur Steingrímsson, and that he also had fond memories of her when she was just 16 years old, jazz obsessive, hanging around his recording sessions at Labbi Þórarinsson's farm Glora. ([1]) Be that as it may, the group's only album came out at the end of 1990. It is titled Gling-Gló, and was distributed read more...