Jazz Articles about Mathias Eick

About Mathias Eick

Extended Analysis

Having first emerged on ECM Records, garnering significant attention for his work with fellow Norwegian, guitarist Jacob Young (2004's Evening Falls), and Finish pianist/harpist Iro Haarla (2006's Northbound), it seemed only a matter of time before trumpeter Mathias Eick would get the opportunity to start releasing albums of his own for the label. But if the trumpeter's first two ECM releases--2008's The Door, an all-acoustic quartet affair, and the larger-casted 2011 follow-up, Skala--became increasing electric (and electrifying) in live performances ...

Album Review

Mathias Eick: Midwest

by Vic Albani
April 10, 2015

Il viaggio è sempre un valido aiuto alla creatività. Mathias Eick, ormai da molti anni riconosciuto quale uno delle più interessanti menti musicali della new wave jazzistica norvegese, è nato a fine giugno del 1979 in un piccolo borgo rurale ed è forse per questo che, attraversando il celebrato Midwest americano a margine di un lungo tour in Canada e negli Stati Uniti con faticosi e lunghi spostamenti in automobile, è stato colpito dalla forte similitudine di quei ...

Book Review

Il Suono Del Nord: La Norvegia protagonista della scena jazz europea

by Ian Patterson
December 27, 2014

Il Suono Del Nord: La Norvegia protagonista della scena jazz euorpea Luca Vitali 320 pages ISBN:9788886784979 Auditorium Edizioni 2014 Inspite of having a population of only five million inhabitants, Norway, contests author Luca Vitali, produces and consumes more jazz than almost any other country in Europe. The growth of jazz festivals, jazz courses and a seemingly never-ending supply of strikingly original groups and individual voices has, with generous government funding for the ...

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Interview

Mathias Eick: The Lyrical Dimension

by Adriana Carcu
December 30, 2011

Norwegian trumpeter/composer Mathias Eick comes from a musical space that, during the last 30 years, has rightfully earned itself the attributes of a genre. The singularity of his tone, marked by the lyrical quality of his phrasing and underlined by a melancholic solemnity, adds a particular note a the Nordic jazz tradition he shares with Jan Garbarek, Arve Henriksen and Nils Petter Molvær. A complex musician, Eick also plays double bass, guitar, piano and vibraphone--instruments which continuously stimulate his creativity. ...

Album Review

Mathias Eick: Skala

Read "Skala" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 8, 2011

La storia e l'estetica della ECM sono ben più vaste e complesse di quanto una riduttiva percezione possa evidenziare. Non è certo questa l'occasione per affrontare un tema così impegnativo, ma se dovessi inquadrare questo CD nella produzione dell'etichetta tedesca, lo identificherei come un ritorno ad una delle matrici originarie, come una rivisitazione attualizzata di quell'approccio scandinavo che negli anni Settanta era rappresentato in primis da Jan Garbarek e che oggi non risulta affatto algida e anemica come allora poteva ...

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Album Review

Mathias Eick: Skala

by John Kelman
April 22, 2011

Those who've caught Mathias Eick live, since the release of The Door (ECM, 2008), know that, as strong a first salvo as that debut was, it was no preparation for the power of the Norwegian trumpeter in performance. When his quartet performed at Mai Jazz 2008, with pianist Andreas Ulvo replacing The Door's Jon Balke, it was patently clear that Eick was looking to bridge his intrinsically melodic concerns with the youthful energy of groups like Jaga Jazzist, with whom ...

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Album Review

Motif: Apo Calypso

Read "Apo Calypso" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
August 28, 2008

When you have a winning combination, it's best not to mess with it. When guitarist Pat Metheny hooked up with Brad Mehldau, the pianist's trio was already such a strong, flexible unit that Metheny grabbed it in its entirety for his two-CD project. While the order of events may not be quite the same, Atomic pianist Håvard Wiik and his trio, responsible for the fresh, modernistic The Arcades (Jazzland, 2007), form the core of Motif, a group of young players ...