Tribute to Esbjörn Svensson live at JazzBaltica 2011

1. Ballad For E (Magnus Öström)
2. Bright Size Life (Pat Metheny)
Pat Metheny, gt
Dan Berglund, b
Magnus Öström, dr

3. From Gagarin's Point Of View (Esbjörn Svensson)
Pat Metheny, gt
Dan Berglund, b
Magnus Öström, dr
Nils Landgren, tb

4. Dodge The Dodo (Esbjörn Svensson)

Pat Metheny, gt
Dan Berglund, b
Magnus Öström, dr
Nils Landgren, tb
Leszek Mozdzer, p
Lars Danielsson, cello

5. Pavane. Thoughts Of A Septuagenarian (Esbjörn Svensson)
Yaron Herman, p
Lars Danielsson, cello

6. Chopin (Leszek Mozdzer)
Leszek Mozdzer, piano

7. Epistrophy (Thelonious Monk)
8. Remembrance (Vijay Iyer)
Vijay Iyer, piano

9. Don't Tell Me How The Story Goes (Kris Kristofferson)
Nils Landgren, tb
Michael Wollny, p

10. Believe, Beleft, Below (Esbjörn Svensson)
Viktoria Tolstoy, voc
Pat Metheny, gt
Dan Berglund, b
Magnus Öström, dr
Michael Wollny, p

11. Shining On You (Esbjörn Svensson)

Viktoria Tolstoy, voc
Pat Metheny, gt
Dan Berglund, b
Magnus Öström, dr
Nils Landgren, tb
Michael Wollny, p
Lars Danielsson, cello

12. The Goldhearted Miner (Esbjörn Svensson)
Yaron Herman, p
Lars Danielsson, cello

Since Esbjörn Svensson’s untimely death in 2008 his childhood friend the distinctive drum ’n’ bass-influenced drummer in EST Magnus Öström has taken time to adjust to his sense of loss following the devastating death of Svensson as a result of a scuba diving accident.
Last year Dan Berglund, EST’s bassist, debuted Tonbruket, a prog rock-tinged group that successfully toured its debut album in the UK. Like Berglund Öström has paid tribute to their great friend on the album which features a new grouping of Stockholm musicians, with Andreas Hourdakis coming in on guitar; Gustaf Karlöf, piano and Thobias Gabrielson (electric bass) to join Öström.
The album titled Thread of Life was recorded in Magnus’ favourite studio, Atlantis in Stockholm, with all of the 10 songs written by the drummer. Pat Metheny, who famously performed on a staggering version of ‘Dodge The Dodo’ with EST at the JazzBaltica festival in Germany in 2003, got close to the band over the years and was greatly affected by Esbjörn’s death. He and Berglund join on the poignant sixth track ‘Ballad For E’ recorded at Avatar in New York at the end of last year.