Midwest (Mathias Eick album)
Midwest | ||||
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Studio album by Mathias Eick | ||||
Released | March 20, 2015 | |||
Recorded | May 2014 | |||
Studio | Rainbow Studio, Oslo | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 42:19 | |||
Label | ECM Records ECM 2410 | |||
Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
Mathias Eick chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
All About Jazz | |
All Music | |
The Guardian |
Midwest is the third jazz studio album by Mathias Eick. This album was released in the label ECM Records in March 2015.[4]
Composition
Midwest is an album inspired by a tour of the US and the Canada. The music is a tribute to the way the people and the music move around the world. During is creation, this album was focused on the US midwest because in the past, many Norwegians left Europe to move to America and many of them in the midwest.[4]
Reception
Thom Jurek in his review for All Music says that "The compositions are all lyrical, in typical Eick fashion, but with [Gjermund] Larsen they take on a rougher, more earthen quality." and that "it perfectly illustrates the thematic frame of the journey he set out to portray: that of the immigrant encountering the unknown and embracing it"[2]
In The Guardian, Dave Gely gave this album four stars and says that "Eick has a beautiful tone and writes attractive themes, by turns haunting and energetic." and add that "The inclusion of folk violinist Gjermund Larsen in the band adds a contrasting texture and some truly exciting solos."[3]
Karl Ackermann gave a four and a half stars and says in All About Jazz that "Eick favors minimalist constructs and otherworldly atmospherics, qualities that are well suited in imagining the theme and mood he has intended for Midwest, a warm album as natural and comforting as going home."[1]
Track listing
ECM Records – ECM 2410.[4]
All music composed by Mathias Eick.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Midwest" | 5:11 |
2. | "Hem" | 5:14 |
3. | "March" | 5:53 |
4. | "At Sea" | 4:03 |
5. | "Dakota" | 4:55 |
6. | "Lost" | 5:43 |
7. | "Fargo" | 6:18 |
8. | "November" | 5:02 |
Total length: | 42:19 |
Personnel
References
- 1 2 "Midwest (All About Jazz Review)". All About Jazz. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
- 1 2 "Midwest (All Music Review)". All Music. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
- 1 2 "Midwest (The Guardian Review)". The Guardian. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
- 1 2 3 "Midwest". ECM Records. Retrieved June 9, 2017.