Skala
Mathias Eick
ECM Records.
The music of Mathias
Eick struck me as a bit hokey on account of his premeditated, tightly organized
arrangements. You see, I first heard Skala while inundated with a number of
hard-bop records that championed improvisation above all else, so it took me
some time to acclimatize to this layered, Norwegian vibe. And even if some of
Eick’s trumpet work still comes off as overwrought to my ears, it’s countered
by a smart ensemble capable of articulating mournfulness through motion.
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