Esbjörn Svensson
Esbjörn Svensson (1964–2008) was a Swedish jazz pianist and composer who founded the Esbjörn Svensson Trio (e.s.t.), among Europe’s most successful jazz ensembles at the turn of the century.
e.s.t. reached jazz and pop charts internationally with albums such as From Gagarin’s Point Of View, Seven Days of Falling, Viaticum and Tuesday Wonderland. The trio toured Australia twice, and music for their final studio album was recorded at Sydney’s Studios 301.
On Move his writing appears in Australian arrangements: the pavane Thoughts of a Septuagenarian on Smörgåsbord (MCD 512) and Nordic Moods & Baroque Echoes (MCD 656), and the ballad Believe Beleft Below on Fika (MCD 603).
Compositions by Esbjörn Svensson appear on
Nordic Moods & Baroque Echoes
A collaboration between Duo Langborn/Wendel and The Marais Project, this album blends baroque repertoire, new compositions and arrangements, and folk music from Australia and Sweden.
Fika
Fika is the second album from crossover ensemble Elysian Fields: music shaped for the Swedish custom of gathering with friends over coffee, conversation and something sweet to share.
Smörgåsbord
The Marais Project’s fifth disc gathers Swedish folk, Bellman songs, Roman and Marais chamber works, a jazz pavane and even ABBA, all heard for the first time in Australia on period instruments.