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Lullaby

For Lullaby, Norwegian trumpeter Mathias Eick draws on the quartet formation in a programme that includes some of his most exploratory and improvisatory qualities to date, with a cast of ECM familiars Kristjan Randalu and Ole Morten Vågan on piano and bass, and new arrival Hans Hulbækmo on drums. There’s a strong sense of abandon within these melodic songs, as the musicians flow smoothly between tuneful harmonies, collectively building momentum from within the forms.

Eick’s immediately recognizable and soothing tone is often confronted by Randalu’s in turns lyrical and energetic keyboard-flights throughout Lullaby, soaring above a propulsive, always engaging rhythm section. Reviewing Eick’s last album When We Leave, All Music emphasised how, “the delicacy in Eick's aching melody expressionistically weds the sacred and the natural worlds” – a quality that arguably rings even more true here.

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When we leave

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 have met with a positive response around the world. When his ECM leader debut The Door was issued in 2008, US magazine JazzTimes described the trumpeter's tone as "plaintive and spare," while emphasizing that, "like all good bandleaders, his focus is on the interaction of his musicians. The contrast of his restraint and the energy around him constitutes the album's driving tension."