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Tonbruket: Dig It To The End
by Bruce Lindsay
For its eponymous debut (ACT, 2010) , this band was called Dan Berglund's Tonbruket. It was a new outfit, the first new venture by a member of e.s.t. after pianist Esbjörn Svensson's death in 2008, pretty much an unknown quantity. For Dig It To The End, bassist Berglund remains as an emphatic presence, but the band ...
Icons Among Us Four Part Series Released for Educators and Institutions
"ICONS AMONG US explores Jazz in a way that leaves the audience with a better understanding of its history and an appreciation of the contemporary complexity of the genre. The film expands upon the foundation set by Ken Burns' JAZZ to add nuance and insight into the music and culture of today." ~Kevin Johnson, ...
e.s.t.: Retrospective: The Very Best of e.s.t.
by John Kelman
Swedish pianist Esbjörn Svensson's accidental death in 2008 shook the jazz world, with AAJ news items surrounding his passing garnering tens of thousands of reads. Already jazz superstars in Europe, Svensson and e.s.t. were still building a North American audience, touring regularly to gradually grow its fan base; clearly it was working. All the more tragic, ...
Mark Lockheart: In Deep
by John Kelman
It's been four years since saxophonist Mark Lockheart's best-of-year Moving Air (Basho, 2005). Contrasting Moving Air's organic multi-tracking, In Deep goes for purer in-the-moment territory, with a traditional trumpet/sax/piano/bass/drums quintet that's anything but conventional. Lockheart's ability to evoke a multiplicity of images with his music has been a marker with groups including ...
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 ...
"Leucocyte" the Last Album from Beloved International Jazz Trio E.S.T. in Stores This September
Live In Hamburg Released Digitally Only On September 30th The new album from the international jazz trio e.s.t (the Esbjorn Svensson Trio) serves as their ultimate legacy after the sudden accidental death of the Swedish jazz pianist and composer Esbjörn Svensson while scuba diving near Stockholm at the age of 44. Leucocyte pays tribute and carries ...
Final e.s.t. Album "Leucocyte" in Shops September 1
Right after the untimely passing of Esbjörn Svensson his band colleagues Magnus Öström and Dan Berglund had decided to stop the release of the already finished album Leucocyte. Now this final e.s.t. album will get released worldwide on September 01, 2008 in its original and unchanged version - as it has been previously approved by the ...
Pianist Esbjorn Svensson Dead at 44
Swedish jazz musician Esbjörn Svensson, 44 years old, died during a diving accident yesterday outside of Värmdö near Stockholm. He was in a company of divers on Saturday June 14th at a Swedish jetty/landing stage under supervision of a dive-leader when he was found severely injured at the bottom. Resuscitation was unsuccessful. The police will investigate ...
E.S.T.: Somewhere Else Before
by Jim Santella
The Esbjörn Svensson Trio offers natural sounds with innovative extras. Formed in 1993, the piano trio plays straight-ahead jazz the way we remember it, and the way it should live forever. They've released six CDs in Sweden so far. This album is a collection of tracks from their last two CDs: From Gagarin's Point of View ...
