BERGLUND,DAN/?STR?M,MAGNUS/EK,HANS - E.S.T.Symphony (2LP+mp3) (2LP)

With their all-embracing vision of jazz, Esbj?rn Svensson Trio (pianist Esbj?rn Svensson, bassist Dan Berglund and drummer Magnus Ostr?m) was without doubt one of the most widely admired and influential European instrumental ensembles in the first decade of the new millennium. e.s.t., as they came to be known, rode the crest of a wave with their combination of highly singable themes, mesmerizingly chilled grooves and visually stimulating, high energy ‘live’ performances. They filled large rock stadium venues and reached out to non-jazz audiences in a way that has not been equaled previously in the history of homegrown European jazz. e.s.t. regularly topped pop as well as jazz album sales charts and became the first band from Europe to make the front cover of the illustrious US jazz journal Downbeat.All the more tragic then, that on rea... line up Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra Hans Ek / conductor & arranger Marius Neset / saxophone Verneri Pohjola / trumpet Johan Lindstr?m / pedal steel Iiro Rantala / piano Dan Berglund / bass Magnus ?str?m / drums