A musical landscape after a tour through the upper midwest, the trumpeter pays tribute to the norwegian settlers arrival on the american plains with his new album, midwest. Official mathias eick site for tours, new releases and other info. Mathias 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. Download midwest by mathias eick in highresolution audio at available in 96 khz 24bit aiff, flac high resolution audio formats. Mathias eick ravensburg 2018 official digital download. Norwegian trumpeter mathias eicks new ecm album is attractive in sound and photo essay.
He was homesick until he reached the rural midwest, which reminded him of where he grew up in southeast norway. Evoking scenes of the desolate american midwest and northern prairie, but in a nordic ecm kind of way, it will lead you on a mellow sonic journey. One of the pleasures of mathias eick s midwest album was hearing his vaulting trumpet supported by violin, an instrumental combination further developed on ravensburg. Mathias eick s third effort for ecm is quite a good listen.
This album was inspired by eicks time spent playing the american continent. With his fourth release on renowned ecm records he is well on his way to make a home run. May 14, 2015 streamed live from nasjonal jazzscene, victoria in oslo, norway, february 27th 2015. He is mainly known from his releases on the jazz label ecm records. Jan 12thmathias eick quintet at le poisson rouge, new york, us.
Ravensburg concerns the interplay of human beings, an interplay where all the pieces enact their part of the big jigsaw puzzle named life and where mathias eick in earnest proves on which shelf he has carved out for himself. The result is an album where emotions stick to every breath. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as described in our cookie policy. Mathias eick midwest with the song dakota the band. Midwest 2015, trumpeter and composer, mathias eick plotted the course. Trumpeter and composer, mathias eick, in making his own recent journey from norway to the heartland, discovered a cultural heritage and a familiarity that moved him to set the experience to music. Jan erik kongshaug produced by manfred eicher so many of ecms finest trumpeters also happen to be skilled travelers. Midwest 2015 jazz mathias eick download jazz music. Mathias eick norwegian trumpetermultiinstrumentalist mathias eick is a thoughtful, ambientleaning jazz musician. He has performed with several wellknown music groups and musicians, e. The new violinist in eicks ensemble is hakon aase, one of the upandcoming players of the new norwegian scene, whom attentive ecm listeners will already know from his work with. Apr 07, 2019 one of the pleasures of mathias eick s midwest album was hearing his vaulting trumpet supported by violin, an instrumental combination further developed on ravensburg.
His main instrument is the trumpet, but he also plays upright bass, vibraphone, piano and guitar. Tidal is the first global music streaming service with high fidelity sound, hidef video quality, along with expertly curated playlists and original content. Here you can buy and download music mp3 mathias eick. This album was inspired by eick s time spent playing the american continent. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. He grew up close to a small village called eidsfoss vestfold, norway in a very musical family. In the title track, piano ostinatos suggest rolling. Mathias eickmidwest180 gram vinyl recordacoustic sounds. Mathias eicks third effort for ecm is quite a good listen. The concept behind the music is very interesting, the sound stage of the recording has been sculpted in a way that reflects the wide open vistas of the american midwest. The album was released by the label ecm records on 20 march 2015. Having first emerged on ecm records, garnering significant attention for his work with fellow norwegian, guitarist jacob young 2004s evening falls, and finish pianistharpist iro haarla 2006s 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. Every track has some of the most wonderful melodic writing and the team of musicians serve the music brilliantly. His previous recording, midwest, was a journey toward home.
As a trumpeter, eick is much in the tradition of such players as kenny wheeler, chet. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as described. On midwest, eick composes musical impressions of the midwestern landscape like paintings. May 27, 2018 one of the pleasures of mathias eick s midwest album was hearing his vaulting trumpet supported by violin, an instrumental combination further developed on ravensburg. Mathias eick midwest mathias eick trumpet gjermund larsen violin jon balke piano mats eilertsen double bass helge norbakken percussion recorded may 2014 at rainbow studio, oslo engineer. Ecm with few exceptions has black and white photographic covers.
Review by thom jurek it seems strange that the door on ecm is 29yearold trumpetercomposer mathias eicks debut album as a bandleader. Listen free to mathias eick midwest midwest, hem and more. Midwest, an album by mathias eick on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Tidal is the first global music streaming service with high fidelity sound, hidef video quality, along with expertly curated playlists and original content making it a trusted source for music and culture. It is mathias eicks third ecm album as a leader, following on from the door recorded 2007, and skala recorded 20092010. His main instrument is trumpet, but he also plays double bass, vibraphone, piano and guitar.
The northern tier of midwestern america had been a strong draw for norwegians from the late 1800s into the twentiethcentury. Norwegian trumpetermultiinstrumentalist mathias eick is a thoughtful, ambientleaning jazz musician. Norwegian trumpeter mathias eick opts for a different approach on midwest. The upper american midwest by climate and terrain is similar to eicks scandinavian home, and memories of his visit were brought into the oslo studio in recording some rich and. Mathias eick midwest dakota live at nasjonal jazzscene. But since norwegian trumpeter mathias eick, a regular member of genrebending cult band jaga jazzist, has been a creative sideman for others notably guitarist jacob young on 2004s evening. Midwest by mathias eick, released in 2015 on ecm records. Mathias eick midwest dakota live at nasjonal jazzscene 27.
Born in 1979, eick has performed with a variety of name players and is a member of the trondheim jazz orchestra and the progressive jazzelectronic ensemble jaga jazzist. Evoking scenes of the desolate american midwest and northern prairie, but in a nordic ecm kind of way, it. Streamed live from nasjonal jazzscene, victoria in oslo, norway, february 27th 2015. Four years after the songlike skala, his sophomore ecm date that has attained classic status in european critical circles, he employs notions of history, folk tradition, and dislocation. Apr 25, 2019 mathias eicks midwest is eight compact, alluring new tunes dealing with the concept of home. Mathias can also be heard on recordings by guitarist jacob young, by pianistharpist iro haarla, and on drummer manu katches playground. Midwest is the third studio album by norwegian jazz musician mathias eick. Nov 27, 2019 norwegian trumpeter mathias eick opts for a different approach on midwest. Mathias eickmidwestflac 96khz24bit downloadacoustic sounds. Mathias eick born 26 june 1979 is a norwegian jazz musician, and the brother of the jazz musicians johannes eick and trude eick. Eick composed them after a long tour that began on the pacific coast.
Midwest was recorded at oslos rainbow studio and produced by manfred eicher. Strange because despite his age, eick has appeared on over 50 recordings already, five of them not including this one for ecm in the last four years. May 26, 2015 mathias eick midwest mathias eick trumpet gjermund larsen violin jon balke piano mats eilertsen double bass helge norbakken percussion recorded may 2014 at rainbow studio, oslo engineer. Mathias eicks midwest is eight compact, alluring new tunes dealing with the concept of home. Mar 20, 2015 mathias eick s third effort for ecm is quite a good listen.