«The result is a jazz suite, in which the musicians handle the classic material very freely in their improvisations and on the other hand, find beautiful arrangements for the sometimes very catchy themes and motives.»

«Transparently condensed or broadend for his minimal big band Spillmann doesn’t lift the chest, he makes it fly. And the listeners too!»

highest rating «unmistakable top class» «An intelligently and proficiently interpreted piece of reminiscense of a completlety new and promising kind!»

«Spillmann provides exciting variations on Musorgskys «Pictures at an Exhibition» with his outstandingly-staffed septet.»

«Zurich trumpeter Matthias Spillmann goes way beyond just a new instrumentation. For his septet he repaints the pictures totally and he does it with humor and creativity, with technical skills and sensitivity for the needs of his improvising musicians. Mats-Up is the smallest big band in the country, considering their musical potencial, it is one of the biggest.»