EST = Esbjörn Svensson Trio, a Swedish Jazz trio who were one of the great Jazz trio's of the period 1993 to 2008 when Esbjörn Svensson tragically was killed in a scuba diving accident.
This is the Trio's second last album release, as the title suggests recorded live in Hamburg, only to be followed by their final recording Leucocyte.
The Trio have played together for a long time and that really pays dividends in their live work. Dan Berglund's bass is at times pounding, at others mellow and Magnus Öström's drumming is a wonderful thing of beauty. Esbjörn Svensson leads the Trio from the piano with wonderfully inventive runs and jumps around the key board.
If you want to listen to contemporary European Jazz I can't think of anywhere better to start. If you are just getting into Jazz try the Trio's 1996 disc EST Plays Monk, an easier way in.
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