Hard Swingin', Groovy
& Soulful Jazz
MATHIAS SANDBERG
Jazz Guitarist / Composer
He has been called "one of Finland's best kept secrets", the highly acclaimed jazz guitarist and composer Mathias Sandberg is one of the hardest working musicians in the country.
For the past 15 years, he has been touring with some of the greatest artist on the Nordic jazz scene, including Georg Riedel, Pierre Swärd, Peter Asplund, Nick Mancini, Jukka Eskola, Teppo Mäkynen, Manuel Dunkel and many others. Sandberg plays a hundred or so concerts a year and has toured both Europe and the United States.
Sandberg's 2020 album The Doctor received both huge critical review and airplay on jazz radio stations in Europe, United States, South America, Asia and Australia.
His highly anticipated new album The Captain was released in March 2023, followed by a 60 date nationwide tour.
Born in Jakobstad on the west coast of Finland, Sandberg started playing guitar at the age of eleven and landed a teaching job at the main music school in the region just five years later. After graduating from the conservatory in his hometown and a short stint at the Berklee College of Music, he moved to New York City to attend the prestigious Manhattan School of Music.
After returning back to Finland to his new home base of Vaasa, he formed the Mariah Hortans / M Sandberg Duo, with whom he has released three albums and played more than 700 concerts both domestically and in the US.
Sandberg also fomed the now almost legendary soul jazz quartet Dr. Sandberg's Soul Clinic. Though the band was short-lived, "The Doctor", as he is still referred to, soon formed the first incarnation of the Mathias Sandberg Trio, which has since become the hardest touring jazz group in Finland.
In the last two years, the Mathias Sandberg Trio played over 100 shows from Enontekiö in the North to Helsinki in the South - in line with their socially and environmentally informed motto of bringing jazz to the people, not the other way around.
NEW
ALBUM
OUT NOW!
Mathias Sandberg - The Captain
Sandberg's highly anticipated new trio album The Captain showcases his unique blend of hard swingin', groovy and soulful jazz with strong melodic writing, rhythmically playful improvisation and a delightful, almost telepathic interplay between the three.
"Superb debut album... such a fresh take on the genre...
his tone is gorgeous throughout... as tight as it gets."
-Rochester City News
”This is an excellent album... swings from start to finish.”
-Jazz Journal
"The perfect musical medication for any occasion" -All About Jazz
"Maailmanluokkainen en on se sana, joka levystä The Doctor nousee väistämättä mieleen...yksi Suomen parhaiten varjelluista salaisuuksista. Todellakin!" -Karjalainen
"Suvereenisti viihdyttävän kitarajazzin puutteesta kärsivien kannattaa hakeutua vaasalaisen tohtori Mathias Sandbergin vastaanotolle."
-Satakunnan Kansa
Mathias Sandberg - Screwin' (Official Video)
Mathias Sandberg - Not Yet (Official Video)
Mathias Sandberg - Good Enough (Ain't Good Enough) (Official Video)
Mathias Sandberg - A Spring Thing (Official Video)
TOUR DATES 2025
25 Jan 18:00 Mariah Hortans Trio feat. Mathias Sandberg, private event
14 Feb 19:00 Mathias Sandberg Trio, Pohjankyrön talo, Isokyrö
15 Feb 20:00 Mathias Sandberg Trio, Doo-Bop Club, Vaasa
19 Feb 19:00 Mathias Sandberg, Mojo, Copenhagen, DENMARK
20 Feb 19:30 Mathias Sandberg, Center for Danish Jazz History, Aalborg, DENMARK
21 Feb 19:00 Mathias Sandberg, tba, Aalborg, DENMARK
28 Feb 20:00 Organic Growth, Doo-Bop Club, Vaasa
23 Mar 15:00 Mathias Sandberg Trio, Kunnantalo Himmeli, Karstula
24 Mar 18:00 Mathias Sandberg Trio, Kellarikalleria, Suonenjoki
25 Mar 18:00 Mathias Sandberg Trio, Juuan kunnankirjasto, Juuka
26 Mar 18:00 Mathias Sandberg Trio, Sysmän kunnankirjasto, Sysmä
27 Mar 18:00 Mathias Sandberg Trio, Kunnantalon juhlasali, Ilmajoki
29 Mar 20:00 Nick Cavoli Quintet, Doo-Bop Club, Vaasa
4 Apr 20:00 Jam Session w/ Mathias Sandberg & Friends, Doo-Bop Club, Vaasa
7 Apr 19:00 Brian Charette Trio, East Coast Jazz Club @ Kairo, Kotka
8 Apr 19:00 Brian Charette Trio, Kuopio Jazz & Blues, Kuopio
9 Apr 19:00 Brian Charette Trio, Jazzkerho -76 @ Näyttämö, Joensuu
10 Apr 19:00 Brian Charette Trio, Koko Jazz Club, Helsinki
11 Apr 19:00 Brian Charette Trio, Flame Jazz @ Bar Ö, Turku
12 Apr 20:00 Brian Charette Trio, Doo-Bop Club, Vaasa
13 Apr 17:00 Brian Charette Trio, Validi Karkia klubi @ Studio Hilkka, Pori
5 May 19:00 Zacharias Holmkvist Quartet, Monday Jazz Happening @ Rica Bar, Turku
6 May 19:00 Mathias Sandberg Trio, Teatteri PROVinssi, Salo
7 May 18:00 Mathias Sandberg Trio, Klaukkalan kirjasto, Nurmijärvi
12 May Mathias Sandberg Trio, tba
13 May Mathias Sandberg Trio, tba, ESTONIA
14 May Mathias Sandberg Trio, tba, LATVIA
15 May Mathias Sandberg Trio, tba, LATVIA
16 May Mathias Sandberg Trio, tba, LITHUANIA
17 May Mathias Sandberg Trio, tba
18 May Mathias Sandberg Trio, OutoJazz Festival, Outokumpu
19 May Mathias Sandberg Trio, Penttilä-sali, Liperi
20 May Mathias Sandberg Trio, tba, Heinävesi
21 May Mathias Sandberg Trio, tba, Haapavesi
Thanks to Svenska kulturfonden, Taike, Suomen Kulttuurirahasto, MES, Svensk-Österbottniska Samfundet, Eugène Elisabeth och Birgit Nygréns stiftelse, Konstsamfundet and SKiB for financial support.
