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Ravensburg is the fourth studio album by Norwegian jazz musician Mathias Eick. The album was released by the label ECM Records on March 2, 2018 (2018-03-02).[3][4]

Ravensburg
Studio album by Mathias Eick
Released	March 2, 2018 (2018-03-02)
Recorded	June 2017
Studio	Rainbow Studio, Oslo
Genre	Jazz
Length	40:09
Label	ECM Records ECM 2584
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Mathias Eick chronology
Midwest (2015) Ravensburg (2018)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
All About Jazz	[1]
RTÉ.ie	[2]

Background

Eick originally planned to name the album Family, but he soon realized that there are so many other albums with that title. Therefore, he opted instead for Ravensburg, the Swabian town in Germany from which his grandmother came.[2]

Reception

Thomas Conrad of JazzTimes noted "Ravensburg, his fourth ECM album as a leader, reveals gradual, intelligent growth. His primary asset is still his trumpet sound, one of the purest, most radiant in jazz. His lyricism is still mysteriously provisional. No one plays trumpet lines like Eick’s. They are calls of hope and longing, streaks of light in the darkness. He still centers his albums, loosely, around unifying concepts. His previous recording, Midwest, was a journey toward home. Ravensburg is for those closest to him: family, friends, lovers."[5]

Track listing

Band

• Mathias Eick – trumpet, voice
• Håkon Aase – violin
• Andreas Ulvo – piano
• Audun Erlien – electric bass
• Torstein Lofthus – drums
• Helge Andreas Norbakken – drums, percussion

References

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