Mats Eilertsen

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Norwegian jazz musician and composer

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::summary Norwegian jazz musician and composer ::

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FieldValue
nameMats Eilertsen
imagemats-eilertsen_01.jpg
captionEilertsen at Aarhus Jazz Festival 2015
in Denmark with Pablo Held, Helge Norbakken, Christian Vuust, and Jacob Buchanan
image_size260px
birth_date
birth_placeTrondheim, Sør-Trøndelag
originNorway
instrumentDouble bass, bass guitar, drums
genreJazz
occupationMusician, composer
labelJazzaway Records
Hubro Music, ECM Records
associated_actsTord Gustavsen Quartet, Food, Dingobats, Rubicon
website
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Mats Eilertsen (born 4 March 1975) is a Norwegian jazz musician and composer. He is known for recording with numerous bands, including the Maria Kannegaard Trio, Ola Kvernberg, Nils Økland, Eldbjørg Raknes, Anders Aarum Trio, Eirik Hegdal, Sverre Gjørvad, Nymark Collective, SKRUK, «Jazzmob», «Dingobats», Håkon Kornstad Trio, Food with Iain Ballamy, Jacob Young Band, Solveig Slettahjell's Slow Motion Orchestra, Håvard Wiik Trio, and «JazzCode».

Career

Eilertsen was born in Trondheim and attended the Trondheim Musikkonservatorium, where he participated in the Jazz program and was part of the Jazz band Dingobats along with fellow students Eirik Hegdal (saxophones), Njål Ølnes (tenor saxophone), Thomas Dahl (guitar) and Sverre Gjørvad (drums), primarily playing Hegdals compositions. He has two band releases as leader of the band Turanga, with band members Fredrik Ljungkvist, Ernst Reijseger, and Thomas Strønen. He also performed with the quartet «Parish», with some of the same members as of «Turanga». In 2006, he released the album Constellations (Jazzaway Records), with the Finnish pianist Alexi Tuomarila's trio, along with Olavi Luohivuori. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Mats_Eilertsen's_Rubicon.jpg" caption="Thomas Dahl]], [[Trygve Seim]], [[Olavi Louhivuori]], [[Harmen Fraanje]], [[Rob Waring]] and [[Eirik Hegdal]]."] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Mats_Eilertsen_and_Per_Oddvar_Johansen_at_Nattjazz_2016.jpg" caption="Mats Eilertsen and [[Per Oddvar Johansen]] at the 2016 [[Nattjazz]] in [[Bergen, Norway]]."] ::

Honors

Discography

Solo albums

;SkyDive Trio

  • 2011: SkyDive (Hubro Music)
  • 2015: Sun Moee (Hubro Music)

;Mats Eilertsen Trio including with Harmen Fraanje and Thomas Strønen

  • 2013: Sails Set (Hubro Music)
  • 2019: And Then Comes the Night (ECM)

Collaborations

;Within Dingobats

  • 1998: The New Dingobats Generation
  • 2002: Pöck (Bergland Productions), which featured Live Maria Roggen (vocals)
  • 2004: Follow (Jazzaway Records)

;Within Food (Iain Ballamy, Arve Henriksen & Thomas Strønen)

;Within Håvard Wiik Trio

  • 2003: Postures (Jazzland Acoustic)

;With Jacob Young

; Alexi Tuomarila Trio (Olavi Louhivuori)

;Within Tord Gustavsen Ensemble/Quartet

;With Yelena Eckemoff

;With Tuva Halse's Bento Box Trio

;Compilation projects

References

References

  1. "Mats Eilertsen Biografi". Store Norske Leksikon.
  2. "Eilertsen, Mats - MIC Norsk musikkinformasjon". Mic.no.
  3. (2005-03-15). "Mats Eilertsen Turanga Review". BBC.
  4. "14.12.05 Mats Eilertsen/Turanga won Music Magazine's best jazz album of the year 2005!". AIMmusic.no.
  5. "Mats Eilertsen Trio: Sails Set". Hubromusic.com.
  6. "Mats Eilertsen Trio: And Then Comes The Night". Hubromusic.com.

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