Karls Jonatansson is a well
known Icelandic accordionist, entertainer,teacher and performer.
He established first formal accordion club in Reykjavik (The Accordion
Lovers Club of Raykjavik), the first accordion club ub Akureyri
(the Accordion Lovers Club in Akureyri ) and finally the Association
of the Icelandic Accordion Lovers. Karl also has his own Big Band
which he conducts and makes arrangements for.
After I received Karl's CD for reviewing and
having heard it once, I caught my self playing it on and on
in my leisure time. I believe this is partly because this CD
offers absolutely great variety of styles from traditional French
music and tangos to accordion with big band, which are definitely
my favourite tracks! Karl's accordion in combination with the
big band sounds so sophisticated, full, vibrant!
Karl performs with a lot of class and that
is another reason why I love this recording. Great recording!