SPECIAL POST : A TRIBUTE TO ESBJÖRN SVENSSON (1964-2008)
Monday, 16. June 2008, 19:38:03
A TRIBUTE TOESBJÖRN SVENSSON
April 16, 1964 – June 14, 2008
Swedish jazz musician Esbjörn Svensson, 44 years old, died during a diving accident yesterday outside of Vrmdö 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 the cause of Svensson's death. The announcement of the death came as a shock for the chairman of the Swedish Jazz Society: “He was a big name way outside of Sweden."
In 1995 and 1996 Esbjörn Svensson was selected the jazz musician of the year in Sweden.
Esbjorn Svensson Trio, or e.s.t. (not to be confused with Italian Band Electro Shock Therapy), is a Swedish jazz piano trio with Esbjorn Svensson (piano), Dan Berglund (double bass) and Magnus Öström (drums).
e.s.t is renowned for its vibrant style--playing in rock venues to young crowds. It has achieved great commercial success and critical acclaim throughout Europe. From Gagarin's Point of View (ACT, 1999) started its international breakthrough, being the first e.s.t. album to be released outside of Scandinavia.
ESBJÖRN SVENSSON TRIO
LIVE IN GÖTEBORG (2005)
224-320 KBPS
1 The rube thing
2 Eighty eight days in my veins
3 Viaticum
4 Mingle in the mincing machine
5 A picture of Doris travelling with Boris -
Why she couldn't come -
The unstaable table & the unfamous fable
6 When god created the coffee break
7 Spam Boo Limbo
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Nooon ! bien triste nouvelle... incroyable... je reste coi
nico
By anonymous user, # 16. June 2008, 21:13:00
By STEFANfromPARIS, # 16. June 2008, 22:12:42
Une pensée pour sa famille ...
Phil
By anonymous user, # 17. June 2008, 06:33:35
On no...
By francescoNemesi, # 17. June 2008, 09:36:38
A genuine artist, who found an original way to the jazz piano-trio, with a little bit of electronic, rock influences, riff...
Too young to die, really...
By anonymous user, # 17. June 2008, 21:02:41
hearing this made me enormously sad!
By anonymous user, # 19. June 2008, 15:13:48
it was surely a great loss
i got to know his work right here, in your blog - and it was one of the best things i've heard in a long time.
By anonymous user, # 20. June 2008, 11:47:50
Saw this man perform countless times. one of the most spectacular, electrifying presences i have ever had the fortune to experience. Its painful ... YOU WERE THE BEST
By anonymous user, # 23. June 2008, 08:42:00