Skala is the second studio album by Norwegian jazz musician Mathias Eick. This album was released by the label

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Reception

Brent Burton of ''

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'' stated "Is ''Skala'' a jazz record? The guy who made it, Mathias Eick, is certainly a jazz musician. The Norwegian trumpeter, age 31, improvises all over Vespers, the glacially paced new album from the Iro Haarla Quintet. But on ''Skala'', his second (and most scripted) album as a leader, Eick largely sticks to melodies and motifs. His devotion to composition, coupled with drummer Gard Nilssen’s tendency to play in bouncy 4/4, means that, at times, Skala behaves less like modern jazz than it does horn-laden pop." John Kelman of ''

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'' wrote "In the context of his own work, he continues to favor substance over style, and while the music of ''Skala'' is even more structured than that on '' The Door'', when Eick does solo, it's with an economical precision that weaves through grooves and changes with equal aplomb." Ray Comiskey of ''

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'' added "Eick is a beautiful, imaginative musician with a very Scandinavian sense of transience informing his melodic charm... But there’s not much blood in ''Skala'', despite the sweat."

Track listing

Personnel

* Mathias Eick – trumpet *

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 *

Audun Erlien Audun Erlien (born 22 February 1967 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (bass guitar, guitar and electronica), known from several albums in various genres. Career Erlien was raised in Tønsberg, Norway, and has been a musician since ...

– electric bass * Torstein Lofthus – drums * Gard Nilssen – drums * Morten Qvenild – keyboards * Tore Brunborg – tenor saxophone *Sidsel Walstad – harp

References

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