Mats Eilertsen

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 ÃÂkland, EldbjÃÂ¸rg Raknes, Anders Aarum Trio, Eirik Hegdal, Sverre GjÃÂ¸rvad, Nymark Collective, SKRUK, ÃÂ«JazzmobÃÂ», ÃÂ«DingobatsÃÂ», HÃÂ¥kon Kornstad Trio, Food with Iain Ballamy, Jacob Young Band, Solveig Slettahjell's Slow Motion Orchestra, HÃÂ¥vard Wiik Trio, and ÃÂ«JazzCodeÃÂ».

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), NjÃÂ¥l ÃÂlnes (tenor saxophone), Thomas Dahl (guitar) and Sverre GjÃÂ¸rvad (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 StrÃÂ¸nen. He also performed with the quartet ÃÂ«ParishÃÂ», with some of the same members as of ÃÂ«TurangaÃÂ». In 2006, he released the album Constellations (Jazzaway Records), with the Finnish pianist Alexi Tuomarila's trio, along with Olavi Luohivuori.

Honors

2002: Kongsberg Jazz Award, within HÃÂ¥kon Kornstad Trio

Discography

Solo albums

2005: Turanga (Aim Records), with Turanga (voted this year's release of the Japanese jazz magazine Music Magazine)
2006: Flux (Aim Records), with Turanga
2009: Radio Yonder (Hubro Music), with Tore Brunborg, Olavi Louhivuori, and Thomas T. Dahl
2016: Rubicon (ECM Records), with Eirik Hegdal, Thomas T Dahl, Trygve Seim, Harmen Fraanje, and Olavi Louhivuori (commission for the 2014 Vossajazz)
2019: Reveries and Revelations (Hubro Music), with Thomas StrÃÂ¸nen Arve Henriksen Eivind Aarset Geir SundstÃÂ¸l and Per Oddvar Johansen
2021: Hymn for Hope (Hemli), with Thomas Dahl: guitar; Tore Brunborg: saxophone; Hans HulbÃÂ¦kmo: drums