Mathias Eick (born 26 June 1979) is a Norwegian jazz musician, and the brother of the jazz musicians Johannes Eick and Trude Eick. He is mainly known from his releases on the jazz label ECM Records. His main instrument is the trumpet, but he also plays upright bass, vibraphone, piano and guitar.

“The painterly trumpet style of Matthias Eick — whispery, murmuring, yet possessed of a clarion focus — has been a standout feature of Norwegian jazz over the last decade. ‘When we leave’, his captivating new album on ECM, reinforces his additional prowess as a bandleader, as well as an organizer of sound.” (Nate Chinen, WBGO )

Born June 26, 1979 // Norwegian jazz musician. His main instrument is trumpet, but he also plays double bass, vibraphone, piano and guitar. Eick has performed with several well-known music groups and musicians, such as Jaga Jazzist, Chick Corea and Pat Metheny. He is also a member of Thomas Dybdahl 's backing band, The Great October Sound.

Norwegian trumpeter Mathias Eick, who was born in the village of Hem in 1979, took up the piano at five and the trumpet a year later. He recalls that in the family music room “we had a vibraphone, a piano, guitars, trumpets, and a French horn. We were five kids and all of us were playing at least one instrument.

Mathias Eick is among the most immediately recognizable soloists to have emerged from the Norwegian jazz scene, and his wistful trumpet sound and strongly melodic compositions...

Mathias Eick kjem på besøk neste helg! Trompetisten som har blitt kalt Norges største jazztalent har med seg to musikere som begge har unike stemmer i dagens musikkflora: pianist og hedmarking Andreas Ulvo og felespeller Håkon Aase.

2024年11月20日 · Find information on all of Mathias Eick’s upcoming concerts, tour dates and ticket information for 2024-2025. Mathias Eick is not due to play near your location currently - but they are scheduled to play 1 concert across 1 country in 2024-2025.

Most recently, on Midwest, Eick reflected on distances travelled in an intensely melodic set of original folk-inflected compositions, which makes an imaginative journey from the tiny village where he grew up to the vast plains of Dakota in the American Midwest, an intercontinental journey made by hundreds of thousands of Eick’s compatriots ...

Follow Artist + A prolific Norwegian trumpeter, composer, and in-demand sessionman. His work has graced albums by a who's-who of European jazz and pop musicians.

Listen to Mathias Eick on Spotify. Artist · 55K monthly listeners.