We remember Esbjörn Svensson. ‘He Was E’

This day (June 14, 2008), in Stockholm, Sweden, died Esbjörn Svensson, a jazz Swedish pianist and founder of the jazz group E.S.T.

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Tracklist :

1 . EST – Viaticum (2006)

2 . EST – Behind the Yashmak (2005)

3 . EST – Seven Days Of Falling/Elevation of Love (2004)

4 . EST – Dodge The Dodo (2003)

5 . EST – Bemsha swing (2000)

6 . EST – The Chapel (1999)

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Tracklist :

From Gagarin’s Point Of View . Dodge The Dodo . Seven Days of Falling . Elevation of Love . Viaticum . Ballad for the Unborn . Evening in Atlantis . Strange Place for Snow . In My Garage . Behind the Yashmak .

SELECTED ALBUMS

Released on September 30, 2008, Leucocyte is the last album by the Esbjörn Svensson Trio. >>

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[2002] the E.S.T. Esbjorn Svensson Trio – that is Esbjörn Svensson (p), Magnus Öström (d) and Dan Berglund (b) – will be on stage at Wackerhalle, Internationale Jazzwoche Burghausen in Germany >> 73 MINUTES on RVM >>

[2002] Pat Metheny gathers a few friends – that is Nils Landgren, Lars Danielsson, Wolfgang Haffner, Esbjörn Svensson and Michael Brecker – at Jazz Baltica in Salzau, Germany >> 14 MINUTES on RVM >>

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Wikipedia : This day (June 14, 2008), in Stockholm, Sweden, died Esbjörn Svensson, a jazz Swedish pianist and founder of the jazz group E.S.T.

Esbjörn Svensson :

@allmusic : Pianist and composer Svensson looms among the most influential and innovative figures in contemporary jazz, drawing on inspirations spanning from Baroque to techno to create a body of work that earned both commercial and critical approval

@last.fm : In 1995 and 1996 Svensson was awarded Swedish Jazz Musician of the Year and 1998 Songwriter of the Year, and the 1997 release “Winter in Venice” – consisting mainly of original material – was awarded the Swedish Grammy.

@Discogs :

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