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Ingi Bjarni Quartet
Contemplative, ECM-adjacent jazz — the album Hope (2025), featuring Anders Jormin.
Biography
Hope (Losen Records, 2025) is Ingi Bjarni’s quartet, with Hilmar Jensson on guitar, Anders Jormin on double bass and Magnús Trygvason Eliassen on drums. Written largely in 2021, the year the pianist’s mother passed away, the music moves through grief toward healing — spacious, melodic and emotionally honest, in a lineage that values space and tone.
Lineup
- Ingi Bjarni — piano
- Hilmar Jensson — guitar (AlasNoAxis)
- Anders Jormin — double bass (Bobo Stenson Trio, ECM)
- Magnús Trygvason Eliassen — drums (ADHD)
Releases
- Hope2025
- Hope — sheet music2025
More links
Hans Vera
Two nominations — Icelandic Music Awards 2026
for the album Hope (Losen Records, 2025).
for the album Hope (Losen Records, 2025).
Press
“…a quiet triumph — pain transformed into something luminous.”
All About Jazz (USA)
“…very much in Eicher’s house style… outstanding.”
Jazz Journal (UK)
“…the four players collectively breathe.”
Textura (CA)
Reviewed In
All About Jazz (US) · Jazz Journal (UK) · Textura (CA) · Jazz Thing (DE) · Lira (SE) · Tor Hammerø (NO) · Dragon Jazz (BE) · Jazzwise (UK)