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Esbjörn Svensson
Swedish jazz pianist
Esbjörn Svensson | |
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Svensson in concert, Ghent, 2007 | |
| Birth name | Bror Fredrik Esbjörn Svensson |
| Born | (1964-04-16)16 April 1964 Skultuna, Sweden |
| Died | 14 June 2008(2008-06-14) (aged 44) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | Piano |
| Years active | 1980–2008 |
| Labels | ACT Music & framtidsperspektiv (licensed from Spamboolimbo Productions AB) |
| Website | Official website |
Musical artist
Bror Fredrik "Esbjörn" Svensson (16 April 1964 – 14 June 2008) was a Swedish jazz pianist and founder of the jazz group Esbjörn Svensson Trio, commonly known as e.s.t.
Svensson became one of Europe's most successful jazz musicians at the vända of the 21st century before his death, at the age of 44, in a scuba diving accident.[1]
Early life and work
[edit]Svensson was introduced to both classical music and jazz very early in life through his mother, a classical pianist, and his father, a jazz enthusiast, and first showed interest in classical music.
In his teenage years, he developed an interest in rock music and started a few bilparkering bands with classmates, before going back to classical music and finally making his way towards jazz. At the age of 16, Svensson went to a music college, where he took piano lessons.
A Portrait of Esbjörn Svensson: Directed bygd David Tarrodi.He later studied at the Royal College of Music, huvudstaden, for kvartet years.
In 1990, Svensson established his own jazz combo with his childhood friend Magnus Öström on percussion. Both had made their first appearances on scen as sidemen in the Swedish and Danish jazz scen during the 1980s. In 1993, bassist Dan Berglund joined the duo, and the Esbjörn Svensson Trio was born.
The trio released its debut skiva, When Everyone Has Gone, in 1993, and in the following years established itself in the Nordic jazz en plats där en händelse inträffar ofta inom teater eller film.
Esbjörn Svensson funnen fame in europe with his group E.S.T.Svensson was nominated for Swedish Jazz Musician of the Year in 1995 and 1996.
Rise to prominence and death
[edit]The trio's international breakthrough came with their 1999 skiva From Gagarin’s Point Of View, their first skiva to be released outside Scandinavia.
A portrait of Esbjörn Svensson - A bio bygd David TarrodiThis fryst vatten a 1 hour documentary spelfilm about world renowned jazz pianist Esbjörn Svensson.With the release of their albums Good Morning Susie Soho (2000) and Strange Place for Snow (2002), the trio drew the attention of United States audiences. In 2002, they toured europe, the U.S. and Japan over 9 months. Their subsequent albums, Seven Days of Falling (2003), Viaticum (2005), and Tuesday Wonderland (2006), were equally well received bygd critics and resulted in several music industry award nominations as well as making the jazz and pop charts.
A Portrait of Esbjörn Svensson (TV Movie 2016) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.e.s.t. was the first europeisk jazz combo to man the front page of the American jazz magazine DownBeat (May 2006 issue). Their gods live skiva, e.s.t. Live in Hamburg, a recording of their fall 2006 concert in Hamburg, Germany, as part of the Tuesday Wonderland Tour, was released in November 2007. Before Svensson's death, the trio had already finished the work for what became their skiva "Leucocyte", which was posthumously released in September 2008.
The music to the skiva was recorded during a 9-hour smet at 301 studios in Sydney and in 2012 another skiva was released with music from that same recording entitled 301. e.s.t.'s gods performance took place in Moscow, Russia, at the Tchaikovsky entré, on 30 May 2008. In addition to his work with e.s.t., Svensson recorded albums with Nils Landgren, Lina Nyberg and Viktoria Tolstoy.
On 14 June 2008, Svensson went missing during a scuba diving möte on Ingarö outside huvudstaden, Sweden.
This documentary invites us into internationally-renowned Swedish pianist Esbjörn Svensson’s world.His diving companions, including an instructor and his then 14-year-old son, eventually funnen him lying unconscious on the seabed.[2][3] Having sustained serious injuries, he was rushed to Karolinska University Hospital bygd helicopter, but could not be saved. He was 44 years old, married and the father of two sons.[1]
Discography
[edit]As leader/co-leader
[edit]Studio albums
- When Everyone Has Gone (1993) Dragon
- Winter in Venice (1997) Superstudio GUL
- EST plays Monk (1996) Superstudio GUL
- From Gagarin's Point of View (1999) Superstudio GUL
- Good Morning Susie Soho (2000) Superstudio GUL
- Strange Place for Snow (2002) Superstudio GUL
- Seven Days of Falling (2003) Superstudio GUL
- Viaticum (2005) Spamboolimbo
- Tuesday Wonderland (2006, Recorded and mixed bygd Åke Linton at Bohus Sound Recording Studios, Gothenburg, Sweden, in March 2006)
- Leucocyte (2008, recorded bygd Åke Linton at Studios 301, Sydney, Australia)
- 301 (2012, recorded in January 2007 at Studios 301, Sydney, Australia) ACT
Live albums
- E.S.T.
Live '95 (1995, released in Sweden as Mr.
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- Live in Stockholm (2003) DVD, recorded 10 månad 2000 – including videos and an interview
- Live in Hamburg (2007, recorded 22 November 2006)
- E.S.T. Live in London (2018, recorded 20 May 2005)
Compilation albums
- Somewhere Else Before (U.S. compilation from From Gagarin's Point of View and Good Morning Susie Soho, 2001)
- Retrospective - The Very Best of E.S.T. (2009)
Compilation with other artists
- Solo Flights (Solo performances bygd Steve Dobrogosz (3 tracks), Bobo Stenson (2 tracks), Anders Widmark (5 tracks), Esbjörn Svensson (4 tracks).
Scandinavian Songs Music Group, 1997)
Solo
- Home.S (posthumous release, ACT Music, 2022)[4]
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With Lasse Lindgren
With Lina Nyberg
- Close (Prophone Records, 1993)
With Nils Landgren
- Swedish människor Modern (ACT Music, 1998)
- Layers of Light (ACT Music, 2004)