Author: mats

  • Rubicon video

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  • Premiére of Rubicon @ VossaJazz

    Rubicon was premiered last weekend at Vossajazz. It was totally fantastic and soo much fun.     AllAboutJazz: Rubicon‘s premiere took place in the Vossasalen on Saturday evening. From Eilertsen’s solo bass introduction to the final few seconds of Harmen Fraanje’s solo piano the composition moved through passages of great power, solid 4/4 grooves, dynamic […]

  • Rubicon

      This coming saturday will finally see the premiére of “Rubicon”, commissioned by the VossaJazz-festival. Very excited and looking so much forward to play and present the material together with Tore Brunborg, tenor saxophone Eirik Hegdal, saxophone and clarinette Thomas T Dahl, guitar Rob Waring, vibraphone and marimba Olavi Louhivuori, drums Asle Karstad, sounddesign Tord […]

  • Mats Eilertsen Trio, mini-tour

    Coming up: Mini-tour with Mats Eilertsen Trio (Harmen Fraanje and Thomas Srønen) performing @: jan 31  Paradox, Tilburg, NL feb 01  Kulturværket, Eidsvoll Verk, N feb 02  KampenJazz, Oslo, N   https://www.matseilertsen.com/groups/trio/          

  • 3 x Trio at KampenJazz!

    Presenting and performing with 3 different sounding Trios at KampenJazz, Oslo.   19.jan: Vigleik Storaas Trio; Vigleik Storaas/Per Oddvar Johansen/ME   26.jan SkyDive Trio; Thomas Dahl/Olavi Louhivuori/ME   2.feb Mats Eilertsen Trio; Harmen Fraanje/Thomas Strønen/ME   http://kampenjazz.wordpress.com/kampenjazz-program/  

  • Rubicon

      I have been given by the Voss Jazz-Festival the wonderful pleasure and privilege it is to write a commissioned work for the next edition of the Festival. Premiére 12th of april2014! A great honor. So many wonderful performers and composers out there, and I humbly thank the festival for choosing me this time. I have chosen […]

  • UK

    Touring in the Uk this week! Beers and beans. Three concerts with Alexi Tuomarila and Olavi Louhivuori launching our albums “Seven Hills” for Edition Records, then off to Huddersfield for performance saturday with danish Mark Solborg Trio featuring the great Evan Parker.     19 Alexi Tuomarila Trio; Turner Sims, Southampton 20 Alexi Tuomarila Trio; […]

  • Great review in Jazzwise for Sails Set

    Another great review for “Sails Set” JazzWise magazine, june 2013

  • 5/5 star review in JazzJournal

    Great review in JazzJournal UK by Fred Grand 5/5 stars! “I rarely award 5 stars but Sails Set is so intelligently crafted and beautifully destilled that it is nigh on perfect”  

  • SkyDive tour in May

    We´re doing a little tour with SkyDive-band again in beginning of May. Looking forward very much!   2. May Arendal Jazzklubb, N 3. May Kunstsenteret Kabuso, Øystese, N 4. May Bray JazzFestival, Ireland   Tore Brunborg, sax Thomas Dahl, guitar Alexi Tuomarila, piano Olavi Louhivuori, drums Mats Eilertsen, bass   https://www.matseilertsen.com/groups/mats-eilertsen-skydive/

  • AllAboutJazz

    Review of Sails Set in AllAboutJazz by John Kelman. Wonderful!    

  • Where to buy “Sails Set”

      Here are some options if you would like to purchase Mats Eilertsen Trio “Sails Set” Itunes Cdon GubeMusic Hubro

  • Dag og Tid

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  • Mere instrumentalmusikk i eteren = lyttemytteri?

      En gammel, men nødvendig kamp på instrumental- og alternativmusikkens vegne. Hvorfor er det slik at instrumentalmusikk ikke kan spilles i radioen, i fullt dagslys? Vil det automatisk forårsake lyttemytteri?   I tillegg til å fortsette med å forsøke å lage så god musikk som mulig har jeg nå begynt å titulere meg selv bassist/songwriter. […]

  • Where to buy “Radio Yonder”

                Buy from Hubro Buy from iTunes Buy from GubeMusic     Buy from Cdon Buy from Platekompaniet            

  • Where to buy “Elegy”

          Itunes Hubro Gubemusic CDon

  • fra pressen:

    Om “Sails Set“:   Kaptein Eilertsen set segl “Mats Eilertsen har mange jarn i elden, og han leier meir enn eitt av Norges beste jazzband.” “Utruleg vakre songar…  ….med sterkt resultat.” R. Helgheim, Dagsavisen   “Denne trioen leverer kollektive improvisasjoner med en uvanleg idérikdom og formsans” “Plata har knapt ein likegyldig augneblink” L.Mossafinn, Dag og […]

  • New trio album and release-tour in Feb

      Look out for new trio-album from Mats Eilertsen Trio!  “Sails Set” Out on Hubro in February. Comprising wizard on the drums and bells Thomas Strønen and dutch pianomaestro Harmen Fraanje.     We will also do a tour visiting venues in Norway, Germany, US and Canada:   3.feb Rjukanhuset, Rjukan, N 5.feb Unterfarth, München, De 6.feb […]

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  • SkyDive-turné MidtNorge i Oktober

    SkyDive vil turnére i Midt-Norge i begynnelsen av oktober:   1.okt  Dokkhuset, Trondheim 2.okt  Trøndertun Folkehøgskole 2.okt  Levanger Jazzklubb 3.okt Inderøy jazzforum, Rødbrygga 4.okt Storyville Jazzclub, Molde 5.okt Ørsta Kulturhus   Tore Brunborg, sax Thomas T Dahl, gitar Alexi Tuomarila, piano Olavi Louhivuori, trommer Mats Eilertsen, bass