Jazz Articles about Tore T. Sandbakken

Dan Berglund's Tonbruket: Dan Berglund's Tonbruket

by John Kelman
March 3, 2010

After 15 years as the bassist for Swedish supergroup e.s.t.--and, at least to the public eye, to the exclusion of all else--the big question about Dan Berglund was, after the group tragically dissolved following the untimely death of pianist Esbjörn Svensson, what next? Well, considering Berglund's roots were always more in rock than jazz--his signature delayed and overdriven arco the closest a double-bass has ever come to heavy metal--it's no surprise that Dan Berglund's Tonbruket leans more towards the rock ...