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Julia Hulsmann Trio: The End Of A Summer
by John Kelman
Why do some artists achieve popularity in their own country and fail to make an impression elsewhere, while others cross that boundary with apparent ease? It's easy to argue that there's an “X" factor involved, a singular and identifiable something that allows an Esbjorn Svensson to attain international stature while pianist Julia Hulsmann, with a trio ...
Esbjorn Svensson: Leucocyte
by Ian Patterson
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 ...
Esbjorn Svensson: Leucocyte
by John Kelman
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 ...
Esbjorn Svensson: Requiem
by AAJ Staff
Founder of the Swedish jazz trio, e.s.t., pianist Esbjorn Svensson and his trio were well-known for their jewel-like compositions and varied musical textures with albums including Seven Days of Falling (ACT, 2003) and Strange Place for Snow (ACT, 2002). Topping pop charts as well as garnering awards in Germany, the U.S. and Japan, e.s.t.'s lyricism and ...
Esbjorn Svensson's Death is a Devastating Blow for Jazz
In this self-aware, soulful music I found everything I was looking for - and it frequently moved me to tears If you're the DJ on a jazz radio programme, as I am, you face the task of dealing with the death of a significant musician at some point or other. Live on air, it's no easy ...
Esbjorn Svensson Leader of the Jazz Group E.S.T.
A composer of genre-bending music that drew widely on influences outside of jazz Esbjorn Svensson, a Swedish pianist and leader of the jazz trio E.S.T., one of Europe's most popular ensembles, which was to appear in New York this Saturday as part of the J.V.C. Festival, died on June 14 in Stockholm. He was 44. Mr. ...
Remembering Esbjorn Svensson
by Ian Patterson
The shocking news of the death of Swedish pianist Esbjorn Svensson in a diving accident off Stochholm, on Saturday 14th June, will surely deeply sadden music lovers everywhere. I say music lovers, as opposed to strictly jazz lovers, as Svensson himself was neither restricted nor confined by categories, and was perhaps rather perplexed by ...
Esbjorn Svensson Trio Video Tribute
e.s.t. is a phenomenon: A jazz trio, which sees itself as a pop band that plays jazz, which broke with the tradition of leader and sidemen in favor of equality within its members, which not only plays jazz- venues but also venues usually reserved for rock bands, which uses light effects and fog-machines in their live ...
From ACT Records: Esbjorn Svensson Dies in Diving Accident on June 14, 2008
Swedish pianist and composer Esbjorn Svensson died in a diving accident on Saturday June 14, 2008 aged 44. Our thoughts are with his mourning wife and children and his long time musical associates Dan Berglund and Magnus Ostrom. Esbjorn Svensson was one of the most influential jazz artists in recent history and his band e.s.t. were ...
