{"title":"Mathias Eick","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMathias Eick, born on June 26, 1979, is a Norwegian jazz musician known for his exceptional talent on the trumpet. However, his musical abilities extend beyond just one instrument as he also plays the double bass, vibraphone, piano, and guitar. Eick has had the privilege of performing alongside renowned music groups and musicians such as Jaga Jazzist, Chick Corea, and Pat Metheny. He is also a valued member of Thomas Dybdahl's backing band - The Great October Sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEick's unique sound and versatility have earned him comparisons to other notable artists in the jazz genre. Some similar artists include Ketil Bjørnstad, Bobo Stenson Trio, Jon Balke, Arild Andersen, Trygve Seim, Misha Alperin,Nils Petter Molvær,and Helge Lien Trio among others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith an impressive repertoire and collaborations with esteemed musicians throughout his career,Eick continues to captivate audiences with his extraordinary talent and passion for jazz music.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"midwest-2","title":"Midwest","description":"\u003cp\u003eMathias Eick reflects on distances travelled in this intensely melodic set of original compositions, which makes an imaginative journey from Hem, the tiny Norwegian village where the trumpeter grew up, to the vast plains of Dakota in the American Midwest.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was to the Midwest that hundreds of thousands of Norwegians travelled by sea in the 19th and early 20th centuries - and naturally they took their music with them. In similar spirit Eick, a Norwegian improviser-composer strongly influenced by North American jazz, here reintegrates some of the colours and textures of his native folk music in these newly-created pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003eIn the frontline of the line-up featured here he is partnered by the brilliant violinist Gjermund Larsen, whose roots are in the Norwegian folk tradition. Trumpet and violin exchange lines and soar together above a brilliant rhythm section with Jon Balke at his most lyrical, Helge Norbakken periodically finding pulses that can suggest tribal drumming or buffalo hooves, and the resourceful Mats Eilertsen helping to drive the music forward.\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003eThe original inspiration for the album was sparked by a gruelling North American tour: \"I'd been out on the road for a long time and was feeling homesick. Then we reached the area called the Midwest and I suddenly felt as if I was home. I had a sense of why the early settlers would want to build their farms there. It reminded me very much of parts of Norway.\"\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e'Midwest' was recorded at Oslo's Rainbow Studio and produced by Manfred Eicher. It is Mathias Eick's third ECM album as a leader, following on from 'The Door' (recorded 2007), and 'Skala' (recorded 2009-2010). Mathias can also be heard on recordings by guitarist Jacob Young, by pianist-harpist Iro Haarla, and on drummer Manu Katch?'s 'Playground'.\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003ePersonnel: Mathias Eick (trumpet), Gjermund Larsen (violin), Jon Balke (piano), Mats Eilertsen (double bass), Helge Norbakken (percussion)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ECM","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50383127347531,"sku":"2017807","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50383127445835,"sku":"2017811","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_1c37726f_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726263915"},{"product_id":"ravensburg","title":"Ravensburg","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe new violinist in Eick's ensemble is Håkon Aase, one of the up-and-coming players of the new Norwegian scene, whom attentive ECM listeners will already know from his work with Thomas Strønen's group. The core Eick road band is further shored up by the addition of Helge Andreas Norbakken, who interacts excitingly with fellow drummer Torstein Lofthus. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEick is in great form as a writer on this showing, deploying driving rhythm at the bottom end of his music and soaring melody at the top in this series of pieces which add up to a kind of collective family portrait, touching upon \"all the emotional situations we experience on the stage where we mostly hang around. 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Against the powerful backdrops offered by his sleek, modern band, driven by two drummers, he delivers richly lyrical soliloquies in this album of self-penned tunes which will undoubtedly appeal to an audience beyond jazz.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo one else sounds like this. Eick (born 1979) has taken the pensive lyricism and melancholy of his trumpet heroes - including Kenny Wheeler, Chet Baker and Miles Davis - and transformed the influence into something personal. His trumpet sings with great clarity and his solos, like his themes, are melodically memorable.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eEick already has a very substantial listenership, and Skala, which also draws on influences from pop music (Joni Mitchell, Radiohead, Sting and Elton John are reference points) will expand it. The Door, Mathias's ECM debut of 2008, was amongst the best-selling jazz albums of that year. In its first week of release it shot into the Norwegian pop charts, and topped jazz best-seller lists across Europe. The band made a highly successful UK tour in 2009 (during which Eick wrote the track 'Edinburgh').\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eRecorded in December 2009 and January 2010 in Oslo, this powerful new album features an expanded Eick band with highly-regarded saxophonist Tore Brunborg (latterly playing with the groups of Tord Gustavsen and Ketil Bj?rnstad) guesting on the title track. 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