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.

Lars Danielsson Tarantella live at JazzBaltica 2010 - UPDATE!

Lars Danielsson (b/vcl)
Leszek Mozdzer (p)
Mathias Eick (tp)
John Parricelli (g)
Magnus Öström (dr)
Cæcile Norby (voc) (8-11)
recorded live at Große Konzertscheune Salzau, July 3, 2010

1. Both Sides Now
2. Pegasus
3. Tarantella (Lars Danielsson)
4. Fellow (Lars Danielsson)
5. Pasodoble (Lars Danielsson)
6. Fiojo (Leszek Mozdzer)
7. Suffering (Lars Danielsson)
8. Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
9. Dead Princess (Maurice Ravel)
10. Wholly Earth (Abbey Lincoln)
11. Asta

Over the past few years Swedish bassist, cellist, composer, and arranger Lars Danielsson has matured into one of the most important voices in European jazz. On his duo album Pasodoble he and his Polish peer, pianist Leszek Możdżer, executed a beautiful and breathtaking manifesto of melody and harmony that mediated between classic and jazz.
These previous concepts form the basis of Danielsson’s new CD, Tarantella. For instance, some of the duo pieces and passages on Tarantella, such as “Melody on Wood” and “Fiojo”, are built directly upon passages from Pasodoble, and on listening, it’s no wonder that Danielsson calls Możdżer “the perfect pianist for me”. It is simply amazing how Danielsson consistently refines his work, how he continues to open up new areas of sound and place them in new contexts and combinations. “I have taken the character of my music as the starting point, and have looked for the people who will best fit to it.” He found Norwegian trumpeter Mathias Eick, British guitarist John Parricelli, and the American drummer Eric Harland.
This assembled international line-up is ideal for pieces that, with their controlled sense of arching suspense, seem so classically oriented on the one hand, and on the other hand are wide-open for improvisation and intimate musical dialogue. Those who know Mathias Eick can confirm that his lyrical trumpet playing, saturated with its bold sense of space, is a perfect accompaniment. More surprising is how John Parricelli, who is best known for his fusion-sound, and who has worked with the likes of Colin Towns and Django Bates, obtains such delicately shaded sounds on the guitar. And it’s even more amazing as to how the young drummer Eric Harland has traded in the hard-edged, energy-loaded US school of drumming in favour of a more laid-back, melodically innovative percussion style.

 

e.s.t. Esbjörn Svensson Trio live in Burghausen 2001

Photo © by: ACT / Patrik Sehlstedt

Esbjörn Svensson - piano
Dan Berglund - bass
Magnus Öström - drums

recorded live at Wackerhalle Burghausen, May 6, 2001

1. The Rube Thing
2. Good Morning Susie Soho
3. The Chapel
4. The Wraith/ From Gagarin´s Point of View
5. Dating
6. Bowling
7. Dodge The Dodo
8. Hands Off

Openness, curiosity, and a little bit of chance are all a part of Esbjörn Svensson’s artistic foundation: “I play piano because we didn’t have any other instrument in the house. Actually, I would have rather played drums. For instance, as a kid, I put together a set out of old odds and ends, and tried to sound like “Sweet” on “Ballroom Blitz”. But then Magnus Öström came with his drums, and I decided to stay with the piano. Magnus and I grew up together, and have played together from the beginning. When Magnus was given his first drum set, he brought it over to my house, and we started playing. We had no idea how to play, but it was a lot of fun. Since we didn’t have a teacher, and no one was telling us how to play, we were able to gradually develop our music in a very unique, individualistic way.”
From the mid-eighties on, Svensson and Öström established themselves as inspiring sidemen in the Swedish and Danish jazz scenes. They formed their first trio in 1990, but it wasn’t until 1993 that they got the necessary lift to get a CD off the ground. It was then that they met Dan Berglund. Both were fascinated by the structural strength and creative diversity of his playing and were able to entice Berglund into joining the trio.
In 2000 the CD Good Morning Susie Soho (ACT 9009-2), was released and earned the trio the title “Trio of the Year” by Jazzwise, UK. e.s.t. toured on the “RISING STARS” Jazz Circuit and played all major festivals throughout Europe. The same time Sony Columbia USA released the first CD “Somewhere Else Before” a compilation from the European albums “From Gagarin´s Point of View” and Good Morning Susie Soho” in the USA.

Esbjörn Svensson Trio (E.S.T.) Live at Leverkusener Jazztage 2002

Esbjörn Svensson, piano
Dan Berglund, bass
Magnus Öström, drums

Leverkusener Jazztage, November 8, 2002

Tracklist:
1. Spunky Sprawl
2. Serenade for the Renegade
3. When God Created The Coffee Break
4. Dodge The Dodo

Most of these songs were recorded for the album "STRANGE PLACE FOR SNOW" on the ACT label.

Esbjörn Svensson Trio (E.S.T.) live at Jazz Baltica 1999

Esbjörn Svensson, piano

Dan Berglund, bass
Magnus Öström, drums

JazzBaltica Salzau, July 12, 1999

Tracklist:
1. I Mean You
2. Cornette
3. Salzau Blues
4. From Gagarin´s Point of View
5. Dodge The Dodo

Check out one of the very best Jazz Piano Trio records ever, E.S.T.´s "From Gagarin´s Point of View" an ACT music

E.S.T. live at Jazz Baltica 2003 feat Pat Metheny

This is the Re-Post of this concert, since I now found the original broadcast from 2003 with the whole concert. This is my tribute to the late great Esbjörn Svensson. RIP.

Esbjörn Svensson Trio &

Schleswig-Holstein Chamber Orchestra (Cond. Jonas Dominik)

Jazzbaltica Salzau, recorded July 5, 2003

Esbjörn Svensson, piano
Dan Berglund, bass
Magnus Öström, drums
Pat Metheny, guitar
Nils Landgren, vocals

tracklist:
1. Definition Of A Dog
2. I Mean You
3. Round Midnight
4. When God Created The Coffeebreak
5. Pavane
6. Dodge The Dodo
7. Behind The Yashmark
8. Believed, Beleft, Below
9. Spunky Sprawl


More great music from EST on his great albums for ACT music