New Album to be released in February Hubro
Thomas T Dahl, guitar
Mats Eilertsen, bass
Olavi Louhivuori, drums
31.Jan
New album by guitarist Jo David Meyer Lysne and Mats Eilertsen “Meander” to be released Dec 1st @Øra Fonogram
Upcoming albums and releases!!
Nils Økland Band “Lysning” @Hubro October 2017
Yügen @Jazzland Rec October 2017
Jo David Meyer Lysne/Mats Eilertsen “Meander” @ØraFonogram Nov 2017
Skydive Trio “tba” early 2018 @Hubro
Mats Eilertsen – New Solorecording “tba” spring 2018 @hubro
Earlier in June we recorded some beautiful new music Bendik Hofseth has written for a group consisting of Eivind Aarseth, guitar, Helge Iberg, piano, Paolo Vinaccia, drums, Bendik Hofseth sax/vocals.
Plus Jan Erik Kongshaug of course, in Rainbow Studios, Oslo
Here are some photos I took. Photo of me shot by Christer Falck.
Snippet from GaranaJazz, Romania.
Håkon Kornstad, Sigbjørn Apeland, Øyvind Skarbø, Mats Eilertsen.
Earlier in June this year, Rubicon performed in the Rolf Liebermann Studio, NDR, Hamburg.
Here is the recording/broadcasting of the concert!
https://www.ndr.de/info/Jazz-Konzert-Mats-Eilertsen-Rubicon-nur-Kopfansage,audio332748.html
Trygve Seim, Eirik Hegdal, Thomas T Dahl, Rob Waring, Olavi Louhivuori, Harmen Fraanje, Mats Eilertsen, David Solheim.
Our concert and premiere of Memorabilia at Trondheim JazzFest in 2016 will be broadcasted
Nrk P2, Jazzklubben Friday 14.april at 2000h
https://radio.nrk.no/serie/jazzklubben/MKRM06001517/14-04-2017
featuring the wonderful Trio Mediaeval;
Anna Maria Frimann Henriksen, vocal
Linn Andrea Fuglseth, vocal
Berit Opheim, vocal
Harmen Fraanje, piano
Thomas Strønen, drums
Mats Eilertsen, bass/compositions
Asle Karstad, sound
Rubicon-album nominated for norwegian Grammy “Spellemann” in the Jazz category.
Winners announced Jan 28th.
Alexi Tuomarila Trio Touring Finland
Alexi Tuomarila Trio
Alexi Tuomarila – piano, Olavi Louhivuori – drums, Mats Eilertsen – bass
26 Nov Tallinn, Philly Joe’s, at 21.30, tickets 7/5€
27 Nov Helsinki, G Livelab, at 19.00, tickets 18€
29 Nov Oulainen, Kulmajazz, Haapaveden ammattiopisto, at 19.00, tickets 15€
30 Nov Raahe, Raahesali, at 19.00, tickets 20/15/10€
1 Dec Oulu, Theatre Restaurant Vänmanni, at 20.00, tickets 15/10€
2 Dec Turku, Sigyn Club, Conservatory, at 19.00, tickets 15/10€
3 Dec Salo, Art Museum Veturitalli, at 18.00, tickets 12/5€
7 Dec Jyväskylä, BoomBox at 19.00, tickets 12/8€
8 Dec Kuopio, King’s Crown, at 20.00, tickets 15/10€
9 Dec Joensuu, Theatre Restaurant Terrace, at 20.00, tickets 15/10/6€
the Rubicon-album is out now on ECM!
featuring Trygve Seim, Eirik Hegdal, Harmen Fraanje, Rob Waring, Thomas T Dahl, Olavi Louhivuori
“with Rubicon, Eilertsen steps confidently up to the spotlight as leader, delivering an album that, with lessons learned from his existing body of work, opens his music up to even greater interpretive possibilities than ever before”
“The band swings with a seductive lightness, and the quality of the tunes and the ever-changing tonal interest keep lifting the predominantly low-lit mood”
Get your copy here!
Mats Eilertsen Trio will be doing 4 concerts in the US + Vancouver, Canada!
With Harmen Fraanje, piano and Thomas Strønen, drums.
25.June Lutheran Church of the Reformation, Rochester JazzFestival
http://www.rochesterjazz.com/artist_lineup/?artist_id=82
Here is a video with some excerpts from our performance in Trondheim in May of “Memorabilia”
It was a commission for Jazzfest, Trondheim, a meeting between Mats Eilertsen Trio + Trio Mediaeval.
It was a wonderful pleasure. Enjoy!
Harmen Fraanje, piano
Thomas Strønen, drums
Mats Eilertsen, bass/compositions
Anna Maria Frimann Henriksen
Linn Andrea Fuglseth, vocal
Berit Opheim, vocal
Asle Karstad, sound
André Løyning, video
“Memorabilia” was premiered at JazzFest in Trondheim, Norway beginning of May.
With Mats Eilertsen Trio and Trio Mediaeval using elements from traditional mass as well as poems by Norwegian author Tor Ulven. All brand new music and it was a wonderful experience!
Harmen Fraanje, piano
Thomas Strønen, drums
Anna Maria Frimann Henriksen, vocal
Berit Opheim, vocal
Linn Andrea Fuglseth, vocal
Mats Eilertsen, bass
Asle Karstad, sound
Dear all!
Thank you so much for the year of 2015! It has been wonderful with a lot of memorable experiences for me.
Musically looking back and suming up:
We toured around quite a bit and rounded off the year with a great week in Japan in December.
Rubicon got the opportunity to perform 7 concerts in Norway. Loved it! We also recorded in Rainbow Studio, Oslo, an album to be released now in May by the great ECM-label. Looking forward! We also recorded in Rainbow Studio, Oslo, an album to be released in May on ECM.
Got to be part of brand new releases by guitar-maestro Andreas Aase (“Fir”) and also of course Mathias Eick (“Midwest”) earlier this year.
I feel so privileged to be able to travel, meet and make music together with and in front of people and audiences in so many various places, to experience and learn that we all seem to share the same dreams, desires and visions wherever your home is and your religion might be.
Support live music! Support your local live music provider! See you all around!
Proud and pleased that the Rubicon-project has been recorded, mixed and is ready for release in 2016 for ECM!
Originally commissioned by Vossa Jazz-festival in 2014 and recorded in Rainbow Studio Oslo by Jan Erik Kongshaug and mixed with the help of maestro Manfred Eicher.
Very happy with the result and extremely grateful for the wonderful playing and all the input, creativity and contributions from my good friends in the band.
This coming week, we are performing these places in Norway with the Rubicon:
September has been truly fantastic so far. Been fortunate to perform 7 concerts in Estonia in a trio-format with Estonian pianist Kristjan Randalu and finish drummer Markku Ounaskari. I must admit it was one of the most challenging musical experiences I´ve had so far, with (to me, a rubato bassist!) really difficult, fast, but great through-composed music, in odd-meters. But really happy we pulled it of together in a good way and got to learn the music and get on top of it eventually since we had the opportunity to perform the music in Viljandi in addition to 6 sets in Philly Joe´s, Tallinn (2 sets a night 3 days in a row) What a privilege!
Then I traveled to Seoul, South-Korea to play with the swedish maestro Bobo Stenson, pno, and always inspiring Jon Fält , dr. Even though KLM/AirFrance/KoreanAir managed to destroy my bass on the way over there, it was an adventure to be allowed to play with these two marvelous lyrical swedes again.
Some flights, 2 great concerts and a lot of kimchi later, I returned to Norway again only 32 hours after I left Oslo to Seoul, to play concerts with Skydive Trio, with Thomas T Dahl, guitar and Olavi Louhivuori, drums. The music in this trio is really evolving and traveling, I think. We also had a day of rehearsal, 4 concerts and tried out some brand new songs and ideas of ours, and I even got to finally play the electric-bass again and! So easy to play with these guys and it looks promising for the future!
This week going to Denmark and Austria to play with the dynamic danes Mark Solborg and Peter Brun together with Herb Robertson playing the trumpet.
Good times!