ACT Esbjorn Svensson Trio - Plays Monk (coloured vinyl)

1996

Esbjorn Svensson - pian
Dan Berglund - bas
Magnus Ostrom - tobe

Inregistrat de catre Ake Linton si Johan Ekelund la Swedish Radio, Studio 9, in ianuarie 1996

Mixat de catre Johan Ekelund si Bernard Lohr

Ten of the worlds most beloved songs by Thelonious Monk, arguably one of the truly great international piano geniuses have been lovingly laid out here by Esbjörn Svensson, one of the truly great piano talents on the Scandinavian jazz scene, and making their mark around the world as well.

In EST, who previously has released some critically acclaimed albums, we have Magnus Öström on drums, Dan Berglund on double-bass and, of course, Esbjörn Svensson himself, who was an infant, when he practically leaned to walk to the sound of "In Walked Bud". "My father was and is a great jazz lover. So I was very young when I first came in touch with Monk´s music. He’s the kind of composer that can not be avoided", says Esbjörn Svensson.

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The music is played with assured hands as a tribute, almost as if EST is saying that “this is the way I heard the music, this is how it moved me,” as they take you on a rather joyous romp through some historical jazz classics. I’m not going to try and tell you that this is mandatory listening, what I am going to tell you is that you’re about to miss a great adventure if you turn you back, and never hear these notes float through your speakers and into your head.