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Already a star in his native Denmark, Mads Mathias is a vocalist/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, who has captured the hearts of music lovers with his charismatic performances, spirited personality and creative original songs.
Inspired and influenced by the great jazz vocalists of the past and present from Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra to Harry Connick Jr, and with a deep respect for the crooner tradition, Mathias is nevertheless an original talent with a unique and effortlessly charming vocal delivery and a skill for writing catchy and memorable, stylishly crafted tunes.
His first release as a soloist, ‘Free Falling’, is a hugely ambitious project with contributions from twenty-five ‘hand-picked’ musicians in a mix of big band, strings and small group arrangements. Ten of the songs are originals by Mathias, who also performs saxophone, trumpet and piano alongside his vocals, with arrangements by himself and Peter Jensen.
In Mathias’s words: “I decided early on not to compromise or use shortcuts and not let time or money dictate, but only to stop when I arrived at the sound I had in my head”.
The resulting critically-acclaimed album is a set of entrancing songs with the feel of timeless swing-era classics, skillfully crafted into a seamless coherent whole, with Mathias’s vocals ranging from playful and humorous to the depth and vulnerability demonstrated on the final ballad ‘Colorblind’.
“Masterful”
-Kjeld Frandsen, Berlingske Tidende
“A truly gifted artist”
– Brian Blain, London Jazz News
“An international star in the making”
- Gaffa
“Denmarks leading male jazz vocalist, on the verge of an international breakthrough.”
– Michael Bo, Politiken
“The crooner of our time is found.”
- Christian Kloch, Midtjyllandsavis
“An outstanding jazz album on a level which bears comparison with the great figures of Sinatra and Bublé”
- Christian Kloch, Midtjyllandsavis
“A young driven jazz singer with an individual character, and lovely warmth to his voice, unpretentious whilst at the same time highly professional … very gifted”
- Alexander Agrell, Sydsvenskan
“The man sings like an angel. His fresh baritone has an innocence, which paired with almost Sinatra-ish confident phrasing, allows him to re-invent with his quite small but powerful framework. He is so confident reclining behind the beat and is so cool that he should have been wearing sunglasses….On top of which, he is so damn charming and cute in his appearance”
- Henrik Palle, Politiken
“Mads Mathias is one of jazz’s new world-class talents: his sexy sax playing, joyful stage charisma, and swinging, unique voice, not to mention his original melodies. I always wished I could sing like that!”
- Svend Asmussen, legendary jazz violinist.
“The absolute finest we have on these shores.”
-Martin Lutz, Jazzstjerner
“… the super-talented Mads Mathias, who has gradually established himself in several contexts, but more recently also as a confident and superbly swinging crooner.”
- Henrik Palle, Politiken
