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Esbjörn Svensson Trio

Musical Group

Swedish jazz trio led by pianist Esbjörn Svensson with Dan Berglund (bass) and Magnus Öström (drums). Active from the early 1990s until 2008, noted for blending jazz with electronic, ambient and classical influences.

The trio is known for a modern piano-trio approach that incorporates electronics and ambient textures. Esbjörn Svensson (the group's leader) died in 2008; Dan Berglund and Magnus Öström are the other core members. Reviews highlight their breakthrough albums such as Strange Place for Snow and the ambitious Leucocyte.

Two DeBaser reviews praise the trio's daring blend of jazz, electronics and atmospheric textures. Reviewers highlight Leucocyte's epic scope and Strange Place for Snow's contemporary approach. The trio is presented as brave, modern and influential within European jazz.

For:Listeners of contemporary jazz, piano-trio enthusiasts and readers interested in European/modern jazz.

 There are phases in life when everything seems still, static, devoid of energy... phases where change/non-change feels forced, repeated, necessary, and painful... then you are gifted "Leucocyte" and a new journey begins. Liberating.

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 “…Music is sufficient in itself, it is a kind of basic thing, it never needs to have a special meaning, it’s always fine exactly as it is, just music, of course it can suggest many thoughts and images to you... but for me music is just music and I don’t want to explain it, there is nothing to explain. Precisely there is nothing to say about music because music speaks for itself quite clearly…” (interview published on Ciaojazz)

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