Mathias Eick (born 26 June 1979) is a Norwegian

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musician, and the brother of the jazz musicians

Johannes Eick Johannes Eick (born 22 April 1964) is a Norwegian bassist (double bass and electric bass guitar), the son of bassist and vibraphonist Jürgen Eick (b. 1937), and the older brother of musicians Trude Eick and Mathias Eick. In his youth he played ...

and Trude Eick. He is mainly known from his releases on the jazz label

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. His main instrument is the

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, but he also plays

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and

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. He has performed with several well-known music groups and musicians, e.g. Jaga Jazzist,

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, and the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra together with

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and

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. Besides this he is also known for his collaboration with Norwegian singer-songwriter

Thomas Dybdahl Thomas Dybdahl (born 12 April 1979) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Background Thomas Dybdahl grew up in Sandnes, Norway. His musical career started off as the guitarist in the band Quadraphonics. The band released ...

, and recordings with the Norwegian bands Turboneger, DumDum Boys, Motorpsycho, D'Sound and Bigbang.

Career

After finishing high school, he started on the Music program at the ''Toneheim Folkehøyskole'' near by

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, followed by studies on the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonsevatorium. Born in 1979 Eick has marvellous range of achievements to show for himself: in 2007 he won the International Jazz Talent, awarded to him by the International Jazz Festivals Organization situated in New York. He then won the Statoil Scholarship in 2009, undoubtedly the largest scholarship in Norway, as he was heading for the release of his second album on one of the worlds most influential jazz record labels,

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. In the meantime Eick keeps himself busy participating on several albums playing either trumpet, double bass, vibraphone, piano, guitar, or in his own words “anything needed.” Some of his collaborators have been, among a vast amount of others, Trondheim Jazz Orchestra and

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and Jacob Young. Eick is also a member of the Norwegian genre-defying group Jaga Jazzist, a group with which he has performed for many years. In the summer of 2006 he toured with Jan Gunnar Hoff Group and

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and in October/November on European tour with

. Eicks band is currently a five-piece, featuring two drummers, bass, piano and Eick himself. The lineup changes invariably as all the participating musicians are amongst Norway's finest, but for the most part the band consists of

Andreas Ulvo Andreas Ulvo (born 22 July 1983 in Kongsvinger, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz pianist, organist, keyboardist and composer, known from cooperations with Shining, Ingrid Olava, Mathias Eick Quartet, Solveig Slettahjell & Slow Motion Orchestra, K ...

(piano), Torstein Lofthus and Gard Nilssen (drums), and

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(bass). The music is composed by Eick and pays tribute to both the truly unique Scandinavian soundscape, as well as the lyricism and melancholy of the Canadian trumpeter

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. In 2013 Eick appeared at the

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within his own Quintet including

(piano, Fender Rhodes, keyboards, electronics),

(bass),

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& Kenneth Kapstad (drums).

Discography

Solo albums

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: '' The Door'' (

) * 2011: ''

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'' (ECM) *

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: ''

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'' (ECM) *

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: ''

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'' (ECM) *

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: ''

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'' (

)

As a Sideman

;With Jaga Jazzist *

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanistan ...

: ''

A Livingroom Hush ''A Livingroom Hush'' is the second album of Jaga Jazzist, released in 2001 by Ninja Tune under the authority of the Warner Music Group. The BBC named it the best jazz album of 2002. The album features ten instrumental songs, most of which having ...

'' (

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) *

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: ''The Stix'' (Ninja Tune) *

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: '' What We Must'' (Ninja Tune) *

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: ''

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'' (Ninja Tune) *

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: ''

Live with Britten Sinfonia ''Live with Britten Sinfonia'' is a live album by Norwegian band Jaga Jazzist and English orchestra Britten Sinfonia. It was recorded in 2012 and released in May 2013 under Ninja Tune Ninja Tune is an English independent record label based ...

'' (Ninja Tune) ;With Jacob Young *

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

: ''

Evening Falls ''Evening Falls'' is an album by Norwegian guitarist and composer Jacob Young released on the ECM label in 2004. Reception AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars and in its review by Thom Jurek, states "What is immediately startling about ''Even ...

'' (

) *

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: ''

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'' (ECM) ;With

Jan Gunnar Hoff Jan Gunnar Hoff (born 22 October 1958) is a Norwegian jazz pianist, composer, arranger and professor, living in Bodø, known from cooperations with jazz musicians like Pat Metheny, Mike Stern, Alex Acuña, Audun Kleive, Mathias Eick, John Surman ...

: ''Magma'' (

Grappa Music Grappa Musikkforlag (established 1983 in Norway) is a Norwegian music company initiated and directed by Helge Westbye. It is one of the oldest and biggest independent record companies in Norway today. The company represents prominent Norwegian ar ...

) ;With

: ''Northbound'' (ECM) with Trygve Seim,

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and Jon Christensen * 2011: ''Vespers'' (ECM) with Trygve Seim, Ulf Krokfors and Jon Christensen ;With

: ''

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'' (

) with Trygve Seim, Marcin Wasilewski, Slawomir Kurkiewicz and

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;With

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including Tora Augestad, Stian Carstensen, Martin Taxt and Pål Hausken *

:: ''Weill Variations'' (

) *

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: ''Graces That Refrain'' (Grappa Music) *

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: ''Canticles of Winter'' (Grappa Music) ;With Lars Danielsson *

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: ''Tarantella'' (

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) *

: ''Liberetto II'' (

) ;With

Ola Kvernberg Ola Kvernberg (born 16 June 1981) is a Norwegian jazz musician known for his virtuosic string swing violin playing and his international performances. He is the son of traditional musicians Liv Rypdal Kvernberg and Torbjørn Kvernberg, and the br ...

's Liarbird * 2011: '' Liarbird'' (Jazzland Recordings), the commissioned work, live from

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2010 including Bergmund Waal Skaslien (viola), Eirik Hegdal (saxophone), Håkon Kornstad (saxophone), Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and Ole Morten Vågan (bass), as well as

Erik Nylander Johan Erik Nylander (born 3 April 1981 in Norberg, Sweden) is a Swedish jazz musician (drums), improviser and composer, working in Norway since 2002. He plays in several bands, among them Ola Kvernberg Trio, "Kobert", Kirsti Huke Quartet, To ...

and Torstein Lofthus (drums) ;With

Elvira Nikolaisen Elvira Nikolaisen (born 16 July 1980 in Moi) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter signed for Sony BMG. She released her debut single ''Love I Can't Defend'' in December 2005, it reached the number 3 spot on the Norwegian singles list. She followed u ...

: ''I Concentrate On You'' (

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) ;With Eple Trio *

: ''Universal Cycle'' (Shipwreckords) ;With Vincent Peirani *

: ''SWR NewJazz Meeting 2013'' with Émile Parisien (Jazzhaus) * 2016: ''Living Being Extended'' with Émile Parisien, Leïla Martial, Yoann Serra, Tony Paeleman and Julien Herné (SWR JazzHaus) ;With Unifony (Minco Eggersman and Theodoor Borger) *

: ''Unifony'' (Butler Records)

As a Session Musician

* 2001: Motorpsycho - ''

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'' * 2002: Motorpsycho - '' It's a Love Cult'' * 2002:

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- ''

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'' * 2003: The Gathering - ''

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'' * 2003: Motorpsycho w/ Jaga Jazzist Horns - ''

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'' * 2004: Lars Horntveth - ''Pooka'' * 2004: Janove Ottesen - ''Francis' Lonely Nights'' * 2005:

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- '' Party Animals'' * 2006: Kinny & Horne - ''Forgetting to Remember'' * 2007:

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- '' Shadows of the Sun'' * 2008:

- ''Magma'' * 2009: Youn Sun Nah - ''Voyage'' * 2009: Inger Marie Gundersen - ''My Heart Would Have a Reason'' * 2009:

- ''En Samling'' (compilation) * 2009: Silvertongue - ''Diamond Sky'' * 2010: Motorpsycho - ''

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'' * 2010: Mighty Sam McClain w/

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- '' Scent of Reunion: Love Duets Across Civilizations'' * 2012: Mighty Sam McClain w/ Mahsa Vahdat - ''A Deeper Tone of Longing: Love Duets Across Civilizations'' * 2012: Alexander Von Mehren - ''Aéropop''

Awards

Mathias Eick was awarded “The International Jazz Award for New Talent 2007”. He received a prize of $20,000 US on 13 January 2007 during the IAJE 34th Annual International Conference in

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where he also performed. The annual prize was founded by IAJE in cooperation with the

International Jazz Festivals Organization (IJFO) International Jazz Festivals Organization (IJFO) is an umbrella organization including 16 leading jazz festivals worldwide. IJFO sponsors an international jazz award presented in partnership with the International Association for Jazz Educati ...

. He was awarded the 2014 DNB price at

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(300,000 NOK).

References

External links

*
IAJE 34th Annual International Conference (PDF Brochure). International Jazz Festivals Organizations (IJFO)International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE).

Festival sites

Molde-jazzMontreal Jazz festivalMontreux Jazz Festival

Monterey Jazz Festival
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