Traveling to the incredible city of Tokyo to perform with the SkyDive-band 4th – 9th of september. With the wonderful company of Thomas Dahl, Olavi Louhivuori, Alexi Tuomarila and this time Fredrik Lundin on the saxophone. Looking forward!  

had a blast at this years Kongsberg Jazz Festival as a part of the series curated by AllAboutJazz´ John Kelman. Heres also a review of our show ( in norwegian)  (photo John Kelman)  

  Performing at Kongsberg Jazz Festival Friday 6th of July, 1900h   http://kongsberg-jazzfestival.no/konsert/mats-eilertsen-skydive-quintet/     Tore Brunborg, sax Alexi Tuomarila, piano Thomas Dahl, guitar Olavi Louhivuori, drums Mats Eilertsen, bass  

The Source: of Summer performing at Nationaltheatret, Oslo Saturday 9th of June at 2000.  http://nationaltheatret.no/The+Source%3A+of+summer.b7C_wJLOZZ.ips        

Mats Eilertsen og hans Sky Dive representerer noe av det aller fineste i norsk, og dermed internasjonal, jazz for tida. Velkomponert, velarrangert, lyttende til hverandre – med masse plass til solid, improvisatorisk kapasitet. Trygve Seim steppa inn som velutdanna vikar for Tore Brunborg på saksofoner, og den finske trommeslageren Olavi Liuhivouri rørte vel ikke stikkene […]

touring in May!   Thomas Dahl, guitar, Olavi Louhivuori, drums, Alexi Tuomarila, piano and Mats Eilertsen, bass. and presenting the magnificent Trygve Seim, sax, on this tour   9.mai Ski JazzKlubb, Rådhusteatret, Ski, N http://www.raadhusteatret.no/skydive.html 10.mai UriJazz, Cafe M, Tønsberg, N http://www.urijazz.no/p/program_05.html 11.mai Festiviteten, Eidsvoll Verk, N kl2000 /bill. kr 200,- 12.mai MaiJazz,  Stavanger, N http://www.maijazz.no/index.cfm/event/maijazz:concert/day/12/year/2012/id/533/month/5/ […]

    The French moviemaker Mathieu Mastin visited the city of Oslo last summer  recording and filming 10 norwegian artists and bands for his series called Jazzed Out for the french TV-channel Mezzo.  Here is the video we made for the song ´The Void` shot on top of the famous ski-jump of Holmenkollen  overlooking the […]

Great review in the Jazz Mann for SkyDive   Indeed the album as a whole is eminently accessible and capable of considerable across the board appeal. Eilertsen’s carefully crafted compositions are highly tuneful and the playing by the all star Scandinavian band excellent throughout. It’s a tightly focussed set with the emphasis on a distilled […]

SkyDive is featured in John Kelmans (AllAboutJazz) list of Best Releases (New Discoveries) of 2011 http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=41008 and also our gig in Bremen in April among his choices for the best performances in 2011 There you can also find the gig we did with the Source at NattJazz-festival in Bergen. http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=41016 Nice, indeed…

SkyDive is nominated for the norwegian “Grammy”-awards, Spellemann, the cathegory of Jazz!

  Tokafi: ´a set of relaxed, spacious pieces that float as effortlessly as clouds through the night sky´   http://www.tokafi.com/news/mats-eilertsen-skydive/   Textura: A wonderful review in canadian publication Textura. Also listed among the top 20 albums of 2011. http://www.textura.org/reviews/eiltersen_skydive.htm        

Very nice review to be read @AllAboutJazz:  

Check out the FaceBook-thing, Mats Eilertsen BandPage! http://listn.to/MatsEilertsen

Check out the FaceBook-thing, Mats Eilertsen BandPage! http://listn.to/MatsEilertsen

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