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Summary: Fascinating Jazz Trio
Comment: Gentle, sweet, flowing and elegant. A well knit group and beautifully constructed song selections. I love the synth effects that sparkle here and there and up the dazzle ante. Favorites in this selection include:
"From Gagarin's point of view"; "The Face of Love"; "Pavane"; "The Chapel". Although I have to say that the entire CD is excellent. Through and through.
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Summary: Another Jazz Classic!
Comment: This is one of those discs that you'll play years after you buy it. It never loses its charm. The way it builds from simple piano themes to complex experimental productions (with various samples, radio noize, etc.) it captivating. I've listened to this for more than 2 years, and still enjoy it as much as the day I got it. It's a classic. And one of the best by E.S.T.
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Summary: Innovative, Challenging, and Exciting
Comment: I have three CD's from E.S.T. and they all have a permanent place in my play list. This group has a fresh and innovative approach to their interpretation of Jazz. Sometimes challenging, often exciting, and at times mesmerizing. The more you listen to more you get hooked. This is not background music, this is a CD to sit down listen and enjoy the ride. Two definate thumbs up.
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Summary: Like a refreshing Spring rain...
Comment: When I first put this cd into my machine, I had no preconceived notions of how it would sound. I wasn't thinking about any other musicians with whom to compare them. I just hit PLAY and waited. What I experienced then was the musical equivalent of getting caught in a refreshing rainstorm in the Spring! There are surprises! There is newness! There is innovation!
I still won't compare E.S.T. to other musicians. That is fair to neither. I will simply say that whenever they have a new release, I will be there waiting anxiously.
For too long I've suffered through the Muzak-like tripe that American jazz musicians have served up just so they could have a 'safe' career. Now I'm looking eastward and there is a brand new population of extremely talented players from Europe who have learned from the masters and are not afraid to put themselves and their music out there with new designs and textures.
As a musician, I admire what E.S.T. and their bretheren are doing for the jazz genre. They are courageous, talented, and it sounds like they are having a helluva good time! They have earned my admiration... EARNED it!
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Summary: Esbjorn is an originality.
Comment: This cd is good enough to make me feel " i want to listen to thier music more". I don't want to judge musicsians from just one cd. CDs are just a part of their musical activity. But i can tell how i felt. Esbjorn's compostions of this cd are highly attractive. "Dodge the dodo" is memorable and vampish but has much excitement. Some lyrical tunes like "Pavane","From Gagarin's..." or "Chapel" make haunting atmosphere.
Someone who have listened to only thier studio-making cds should go to thier concert or listen to thier live on the radio (on a belgian radio, i listened the live in which E.S.T collaborated with Pat Metheny) or good live album EST 95. While in this cd there is little space of improvisation, Esbjorn's sence of piano improv highlighted more on thier lives is mezmerizing and moving. He is an original voice on the scene.
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