The Door (Mathias Eick album)

The Door is the debut studio album by Norwegian trumpeter, composer and multi-instrumentalist Mathias Eick recorded in 2007 and released on August 19, 2008 by the ECM label.[1] The album consists of eight weightlessly lyrical compositions, all originals.[2]

The Door
Studio album by
Mathias Eick
ReleasedAugust 19, 2008
RecordedSeptember 2007
StudioRainbow Studio, Oslo
GenreJazz
Length46:35
LabelECM
ProducerManfred Eicher and Mathias Eick
Mathias Eick chronology
The Door
(2008)		 Skala
(2011)

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 3½ stars stating "This is an excellent introduction to a player who has plenty to say and many ways of saying it. The Door is a beautifully mysterious and deeply satisfying entry in the ECM canon and a very auspicious debut".[3] Brendon Griffin of PopMatters commented "If there’s a flaw in The Door, it lies in the strength of its opening salvo, an usustainable flow of raw communication which dissipates as it plays out. Perhaps Eick should’ve apportioned the dynamism and intensity of those first three tracks more equitably, but then that might’ve diminished the law of first impressions. If those do indeed count, Mathias Eick is destined for as long, rich and triumphantly plaintive a career as any of his pedigree’d compatriots."[4] John Kelman of All About Jazz added "With his warm tone, selfless allegiance to the collective, and personal nexus of lyrical form and freedom, Eick is the most important trumpeter to emerge from the Scandinavian scene since Henriksen and Molvær. Dogmatic in conception, The Door is all human in nature, delivering mightily on the promise of Eick's earlier ECM appearances."[5]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic81/100[6]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
All About Jazz[5]
The Guardian[7]
PopMatters8/10[4]

Track listing
All compositions by Mathias Eick
  1. "The Door" - 7:56
  2. "Stavanger" - 6:59
  3. "Cologne Blues" - 8:46
  4. "October" - 4:40
  5. "December" - 4:44
  6. "Williamsburg" - 7:23
  7. "Fly" - 4:35
  8. "Porvoo" - 4:13
  • Recorded at Rainbow Studio in Oslo, Norway in September 2007.

Personnel

References
  1. ECM discography accessed November 18, 2011
  2. Chinen, Nate (15 August 2008). "New CDs From Juliana Hatfield, Mathias Eick, Apollo Sunshine and the Duhks, and Gospel Songs on 'Como Now'". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  3. Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed November 18, 2011
  4. Griffin, Brandon (27 October 2008). "Mathias Eick: The Door". PopMatters. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  5. Kelman, John. "Mathias Eick: The Door". All About Jazz. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  6. "The Door by Mathias Eick". Metacritic. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  7. Fordham, John (29 May 2008). "Jazz CD: Mathias Eick, The Door". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
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