J.J. Soul Band

Band members:

JOHN "J.J." SOUL: Vocals, Percussion, Guitar, Harmonica, composer
Mr. Soul has been living and breathing music since he was eight years old. He used to play drums with small jazz units and worked both as a drummer and a singer with various rock and cabaret acts in England for many years. Since he moved to Iceland, he has focused on his writing skills and writes both songs and (mainly) lyrics. J.J. Soul currently resides in Oxford, U.K. Mr. Soul is also the author of three historical novels.

INGVI THOR KORMAKSSON: Keyboards, composer
Before J.J. Soul Band, Ingvi Thor used to play in dance bands but in recent years he has occupied himself with songwriting and has to this day 9 LP's/CD's to his credit. Altogether; he has had more than 100 of his compositions (soft-jazz/latin-pop) recorded by various artists. He has also written pop songs, some of which have entered the Eurovision Song Contest´s semi-finals in Iceland.

EDVARD LARUSSON: Guitars, arr.
Considered to be one of Iceland's hottest Jazz/Rock guitar players, Edvard claims to be self-taught (!) which isn’t exactly the truth because he graduated with honours from The Icelandic Jazz Conservatory. Edvard has played with various bands, notably Tibra, The Combo, Mezzoforte, Borgardaetur (City Daughters), the jazz group Delerad, Bubbi Morthens and Eivor Palsdottir, besides keeping up a busy schedule as a session player.

STEFAN INGOLFSSON: Bass.
Stefan studied music both in Reykjavik and at the Musicians Institute, in L.A. He has since played in many blues, jazz and fusion bands, one of whom is the considerately well known Súld (Drizzle). Stefan is currently living in Akureyri (The Town of the Midnight Sun) and working on various jazz projects

STEINGRIMUR OLI SIGURDARSON: Drums & Percussion
Steingrimur Oli studied trumpet and percussion in conservatories in Akureyri and Reykjavik.
He has played with numerous artists, the new-wave rock group Pax Vobis, jazz/fusion band Gammar (Vultures) and jazz guitarist Bjorn Thoroddsen with whom he recorded a number of albums in the 80's.