Customer Reviews
a whole palette of colours - By: Swan Man, 25 Oct 2006 
EST in my view are the best piano trio in the world right now. Their music is constantly engaging & thrilling & this album is no exception. Highlights are the title track & Table/Fable, the one being a gorgeous & mellow concoction with chords which could have come from Faure or Poulenc, the other a real emotional rollercoaster, like a furious storm on a Summer's day. Elsewhere the tracks do not always reach the heights but are trademark EST: virtuosic, surprising & great to listen to.
Surprising what you can do with a piano - By: D. Lynch, 01 Jan 2006 
After Wessletoft, Aarset - try Svensson. An excellent series of pieces that push a boundary or two. If you are a trad. jazz fan, dont go here. This is for the discerning listener. A great CD.
Stunning - By: , 21 Apr 2005 I can think of no other jazz trio in the world today that can match Sweden's EST for sheer originality, creativity, versatility & breathtaking talent. They're a jazz band that can fill - & frequently do - rock venues, who attract indie kids as well as jazz aficionados & who stand somewhere at the (accessible) cutting edge of modern jazz yet seem to draw inspiration from rock & classical music too.
"Viaticum" picks up where their last album, "Seven Days of Fallling" left off. It's a brilliant, if slightly more melancholic & intriguing affair than its predecessor, & once again shows EST flirting with different genres & displaying a degree of musicianship that is little short of breathtaking. It's an amazing ride, full of atmosphere & subtlety, from the gentle lightness of "Tide of Trepidation" through the stirring repetition of "The Unstable Table & the Infamous Fable" & the more uplifting spirit & energy of "a Picture of Doris Travelling with Boris" (the song titles are as creative as the music). The whole album feels like a coherent "whole", one song blending effortlessly into the next.
Live these guys are a revelation, full of passion & energy, mixing songs, ideas & styles & showing how much is possible with just a standard jazz trio. They're pushing the boundaries of modern jazz & - justifiably - are taking a lot of fans with them. They've also won more awards than you can shake a stick at. In this case, DO believe the hype. EST are a sensation.
Is it Jarrett? Radiohead? Evans? Corea? No, it's EST! - By: Yovra, 31 Jan 2005 This CD seems it bit darker & a bit more 'classical' compared to 'Seven Days of Fallling'. A little less electronics, more Schubert (with a hint of Liszt & a bit of a Bach-bassline too). Some tracks are beautiful balllads, some are bordering on hard-rock. Stand-out track to me is 'A Picture of Doris travelling with Boris' which seems very Metheny/Lyle Mays-like in its construction; a subtle start & halfway the song it explodes in harmonies & rythm. They are brilliant musicians in their own right (alll three of them are capable of taking centre stage), but their interplay is unique.
