Esbjorn Svenson Trio * 12.01.07 * Gamla Theatern, Sweden
21/Jun/2008 Filed in: Jazz
Esbjörn Svensson, R.I.P.
Swedish jazz pianist and band leader whose exciting and unconventional performances won an international following
Esbjörn Svensson, who died on Saturday aged 44 in a scuba-diving accident near Stockholm, was a pianist and leader of the innovative Esbjörn Svensson Trio, popularly known as EST.
The trio, founded in the early 1990s, played an unclassifiable brand of music which incorporated avant-garde jazz, contemporary rock and elements of modern classical music in constantly varying proportions.
Its live performances, in particular, were exciting, unpredictable and hugely popular with young audiences. The trio's fame was still growing strongly at the time of Svensson's death.
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Swedish jazz pianist and band leader whose exciting and unconventional performances won an international following
Esbjörn Svensson: his music was described as a 'fusion of American post-bop, synthesised abstractions and Nordic cool'
Esbjörn Svensson, who died on Saturday aged 44 in a scuba-diving accident near Stockholm, was a pianist and leader of the innovative Esbjörn Svensson Trio, popularly known as EST.
The trio, founded in the early 1990s, played an unclassifiable brand of music which incorporated avant-garde jazz, contemporary rock and elements of modern classical music in constantly varying proportions.
Its live performances, in particular, were exciting, unpredictable and hugely popular with young audiences. The trio's fame was still growing strongly at the time of Svensson's death.
To download MP3 version, option/right-click on the "Listen Now" icon.
To download superior AAC version with chapters & artwork, subscribe to P'Cafe feed via sidebar links!
Feedback: djfundi@podcastcafe.org
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