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Jakob Frímann Magnússon (born 4 May 1953) is an 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 15 albums from 1975 - 2014. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=News review: A Changed Political Scene? )〕 He has also directed, produced and starred in several films, and released several soloalbums 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 California in the years '77-'80. During his time in the U.S. he startet his own band with Carlos Rios (guitar), Steve Anderson (bass; www.stephenranderson.com) and David Logeman (drums) and released several albums with jazz influenced music. On these albums he also involved many talented musicians such as Peter Banks from Yes, Bill Champlin, Vinnie Colaiuta, Neil Stubenhaus, Abe Laboriel, Ernie Watts, Tom Scott, all of them big names in Jazz and Fusion. He has also been a studio musician for a number of American and Icelandic artists, and is known for his distinctive and tasteful keyboard solos and brilliant treatment of the Rhodes piano and various synthesizers. His 1985 film ''Cool Jazz and Coconuts'' was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=14th Moscow International Film Festival (1985) )〕 == Selected discography == *''Special Treatment'' (1979) Peter Banks, Guitarist from Yes played on that album. *''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) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jakob Frímann Magnússon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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