FOLLOW John Kelman and get notified whenever a new article published. With the realization that there will always be more music coming at him than he can keep up with, John wonders why anyone would ...

The prolific collaboration between Mathias Eick and ECM founder Manfred Eicher reveals a shared artistic vision that has reshaped contemporary jazz aesthetics. Eick's appearances on over a dozen ECM ...

At the grand old age of 28 (a mere stripling in jazz years..), Norwegian trumpeter/Jagga Jazzist mainstay Mathias Eick has taken the valve between his teeth and recorded his first album as leader. As ...

Mathias Eick’s Midwest is eight compact, alluring new tunes dealing with the concept of home. Eick composed them after a long tour that began on the Pacific coast. He was homesick until he reached the ...

Norwegian trumpeter and erstwhile member of leading lights of the Scandinavian nu-jazz scene Jaga Jazzist, Mathias Eick is something of an upstart in the jazz community. A few years back he was ...