"Like all the best music, this album reveals something new and pleasing on each
successive hearing"
- BBC Music on Espen Berg Trio's album Free to play (2019)
Free to Play was listed as one of the best recordings of 2019 by Downbeat (US),
earning 4/5 stars
"EBT are rapidly becoming an important new voice in a crowded field of post-E.S.T.
trios"
- Jazz Journal (UK) on Espen Berg Trio's album Free to play (2019)
"But we all know what simplicity hides: A lot of rigor and precision in the detail that
allow him to alternate the fluid and the collision with a certain mastery. And that's
what gives this recording its particular brilliance. Espen Berg does not want to
choose and manages to merge the opposites in order to obtain that original flair that
is its charm. Well played."
- Culture Jazz (FR) on Espen Berg Trio's album Free to Play (2019)
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"Like all the best music, this album reveals something new and pleasing on each
successive hearing"
- BBC Music on Espen Berg Trio's album Free to play (2019)
Free to Play was listed as one of the best recordings of 2019 by Downbeat (US),
earning 4/5 stars
"EBT are rapidly becoming an important new voice in a crowded field of post-E.S.T.
trios"
- Jazz Journal (UK) on Espen Berg Trio's album Free to play (2019)
"But we all know what simplicity hides: A lot of rigor and precision in the detail that
allow him to alternate the fluid and the collision with a certain mastery. And that's
what gives this recording its particular brilliance. Espen Berg does not want to
choose and manages to merge the opposites in order to obtain that original flair that
is its charm. Well played."
- Culture Jazz (FR) on Espen Berg Trio's album Free to Play (2019)
"Free To Play impresses with its range and the ease with which Berg is able to adapt
himself comfortably to many styles. [...] Above all else, the recording testifies
compellingly to Berg's highly developed talents as a composer and, especially,
pianist."
- Textura.org on Espen Berg Trio's album Free to play (2019)
"Undoubtedly one of my favorite albums this year" 5/5
- UK Vibe on Espen Berg Trio's album Free to play (2019)
Evocative, nuanced stories of dreamy, almost super natural landscapes. Another
great work of a true master of the piano.
- Eyal Hareuveni, All About Jazz, on Espen Berg's solo album, Acres of Blue (2014)
The confirmation of Espen Berg’s belonging to the group of top pianists in his
generation, within the division of modern jazz- and classical informed music.
- Terje Mosnes, Dagbladet (NO), on Espen Berg's solo album, Acres of Blue (2014)
With his debut album “Noctilucent” in 2012, Espen Berg appeared as a solo pianist
of high rank. With “Acres of Blue” he’s defending his place among the great masters.
- Roald Helgheim, Dagsavisen (NO), on Espen Berg's solo album, Acres of Blue
(2014)
From the release of "Noctilucent":
It is almost impossible to translate into words the beauty and the excitement that
Noctilucent brings. One of the most beautiful releases of 2012.
- Eyal Hareuveni, All About Jazz, 28.12.12
A brilliant album, so pure and beautiful, and so inspiring with the ways all the songs
develop.
- Roald Helgheim, Dagsavisen (NO), 17.11.12
A new top pianist. There's no emtpy phrase. This is as genuine and fervent as
imaginable.
- Tor Hammerø, Side2 (NO), 27.11.12
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