View basket “Tapscott + Winds” has been added to your basket. Midwest Mathias Eick SKU: 4708910 Barcode: 602547244789 21.00 £21.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ECM Released Date: 2nd July 2015 Buying Format: 180g 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Trumpeter Mathias Eick benefits from ECM’s policy of releasing especially strong albums on 180g audiophile vinyl (in addition to CD) with this intensely melodic set of original compositions which makes an imaginative journey from Norway to the vast plains of Dakota in the American Midwest. It was to the Midwest that hundreds of thousands of Norwegians travelled by sea in the 19th and early 20th centuries – and naturally they took their music with them. In similar spirit Eick, a Norwegian improviser-composer strongly influenced by North American jazz, here reintegrates some of the colours and textures of his native folk music in these newly-created pieces. In the frontline of the line-up featured here he is partnered by the brilliant violinist Gjermund Larsen, whose roots are in the Norwegian folk tradition. Trumpet and violin exchange lines and soar together above a brilliant rhythm section with Jon Balke at his most lyrical, Helge Norbakken periodically finding pulses that can suggest tribal drumming or buffalo hooves, and the resourceful Mats Eilertsen helping to drive the music forward. The original inspiration for the album was sparked by a gruelling North American tour: “I’d been out on the road for a long time and was feeling homesick. Then we reached the area called the Midwest and I suddenly felt as if I was home. I had a sense of why the early settlers would want to build their farms there. It reminded me very much of parts of Norway. ‘Midwest’ was recorded at Oslo’s Rainbow Studio and produced by Manfred Eicher. It is Mathias Eick’s third ECM album as a leader, following on from ‘The Door’ (recorded 2007), and ‘Skala’ (recorded 2009-2010). Mathias can also be heard on recordings by guitarist Jacob Young, by pianist-harpist Iro Haarla, and on drummer Manu Katché’s ‘Playground’. Personnel: Mathias Eick (trumpet), Gjermund Larsen (violin), Jon Balke (piano), Mats Eilertsen (double bass), Helge Norbakken (percussion) Artist Mathias Eick Genre Jazz Label ECM Buying Options 180g 1LP Format 180g , 1LP Condition New Country Germany Track Listings Midwest Hem March At Sea Dakota Lost Fargo November Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Mathias Eick and more from Jazz View Product Quick View Mathias Eick Ravensburg Jazz | ECM | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 9th March 2018 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Mathias Eick Ravensburg £19.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ECM SKU: 6724656 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 9th March 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Mathias Eick Skala Jazz | ECM | 180g, 1LP Released 11th April 2011 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Mathias Eick Skala £16.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ECM SKU: 2763107 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 11th April 2011 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Johnny Coles Little Johnny C (Classic Vinyl Series) Jazz | Blue Note | 180g, 1LP Released 21st April 2023 £24.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Johnny Coles Little Johnny C (Classic Vinyl Series) £24.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note SKU: 5504144 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 21st April 2023 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Nils Landgren Funk Unit Paint it Blue Jazz | ACT | 2LP Released 3rd December 2021 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nils Landgren Funk Unit Paint it Blue £22.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ACT SKU: ACTLP9243-1 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 3rd December 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Charles Mingus Jazz Composers Workshop #2 Jazz | Doxy | 180g, 1LP Released 21st February 2013 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Charles Mingus Jazz Composers Workshop #2 £17.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Doxy SKU: DOX884LP Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 21st February 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Nat King Cole Hittin’ the Ramp: The Early Years (1936-1943) Jazz | Resonance Records | 10LP, Box Set Released 1st November 2019 £220.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nat King Cole Hittin’ the Ramp: The Early Years (1936-1943) £220.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Resonance Records SKU: HLP9042 Formats: 10LP, Box Set Released Date: 1st November 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Miles Davis Bitches Brew – UltraDisc One-Step Jazz | Mobile Fidelity | 180g, 2LP, Box Set Released 25th December 2023 £175.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Miles Davis Bitches Brew – UltraDisc One-Step £175.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Mobile Fidelity SKU: UD1S2-039 Formats: 180g, 2LP, Box Set Released Date: 25th December 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Paul Desmond & Gerry Mulligan Two Of A Mind Jazz | Speakers Corner / RCA | 180g, 1LP Released 14th February 2014 £34.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Paul Desmond & Gerry Mulligan Two Of A Mind £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Speakers Corner / RCA SKU: LSP2624 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 14th February 2014 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View If If Jazz | Repertoire | 1LP Released 24th March 2017 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders If If £23.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Repertoire SKU: V104 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 24th March 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Chet Baker & Art Pepper Picture Of Heath (Playboys) Jazz | Pure Pleasure | 180g, 1LP Released 30th September 2005 £34.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Chet Baker & Art Pepper Picture Of Heath (Playboys) £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Pure Pleasure SKU: PJ118 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 30th September 2005 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Mammal Hands Animalia Jazz | Gondwana | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 26th February 2021 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Mammal Hands Animalia £21.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Gondwana SKU: GONDLP011LE Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 26th February 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bryan Ferry Bitter Sweet Jazz | BMG Rights Management | 180g, 2LP Released 26th November 2018 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bryan Ferry Bitter Sweet £25.00 Genre: Jazz Label: BMG Rights Management SKU: 4050538448238 Formats: 180g, 2LP Released Date: 26th November 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Jazz Start again
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