Jazz Articles about Magnus Ostrom

About Magnus Ostrom

Album Review

Esbjörn Svensson Trio: Leucocyte

Read "Leucocyte" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 15, 2009

Quest'ultimo e definitivo capitolo di Esbjörn Svensson Trio punta dritto al cuore. Meno raffinato e meditato dei precedenti Tuesday Wonderland e Live in Hamburg, ma più spontaneo, più efficace ed emozionante. Difficile parlare con lucidità di questo Leucocyte senza farsi prendere da malinconia e tristezza. La morte accidentale del pianista avvenuta lo scorso giugno, a soli 44 anni, ha messo la parola fine ad alcune delle pagine più interessanti del jazz europeo dell'ultimo decennio. Svensson si fece notare per il ...

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Album Review

Esbjorn Svensson: Leucocyte

Read "Leucocyte" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
October 19, 2008

The Esbjorn Svensson Trio's album Leucocyte was to have been a musical turning point in the band's career--marking a before and after. It was a brave leap into territory which the trio had previously only hinted at, and at the same time it probably marked what was to be a point of no return. In many respects this change, and the bold new sounds which don't always make for comfortable listening, are reminiscent of the transformation that Radiohead underwent between ...

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Album Review

Esbjorn Svensson: Leucocyte

Read "Leucocyte" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
September 30, 2008

It's too easy to fall into the trap of calling the last recording by a recently deceased artist “his best ever" or “a fitting end to his recorded legacy," but in the case of the final release by Swedish jazz superstars e.s.t. before their titular leader, pianist Esbjörn Svensson, died in a tragic diving accident in June, 2008, it's the only way to describe it. Leucocyte is an album that's like nothing the trio has released before, yet it possesses ...