Mats Eilertsen

Performances  with the trio with Harmen Fraanje and Thomas Strønen this fall. Really looking forward to that! Hope to see you around. 25.sep Sendesaal, Bremen, D 24.oct Victoria, Oslo, N 19.nov Paris, Fr 22.nov Lakeside Arts Center, Nottingham, UK   Mats Eilertsen Trio

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 […]

  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 […]

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/          

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/  

  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 […]

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; […]

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

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”  

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/

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

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

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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 […]

  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 […]