Esbjorn Svensson Trio - Winter in Venice 1997

The 13 original compositions on Winter in Venice show e.s.t. as sensitive masters of communication with the penchant for transforming simple, pretty melodies into complex networks of motifs. Sometimes balladic, sometimes joyously swinging, Winter in Venice lays out a lively tonal tapestry which, despite its suggestive title, seems to have little to do with the morbid feeling that exists in Venice during that dark time of year. It received the Swedish Grammy in 1998 as best jazz album of the year, and on top of it all, it helped Svensson to the title of Songwriter of the Year. And like From Gagarinís Point of View, it is a collection of chamber-jazz rhapsodies that leaves the listener a lot of room for internal and external impressions, associations, and discoveries. (actmusic.com)

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Esbjörn Svensson Trio - Winter in Venice 1997
(Stockholm Superstudio gul)

1. Calling home
2. Winter in Venice
3. At Saturday
4. Semblance suite in three or four movements: Part I,
5. Semblance suite in three or four movements: Part II,
7. Semblance suite in three or four movements: Part III,
8. Semblance suite in three or four movements: Part IV
9. Don't cuddle that crazy cat
10. Damned back blues
11. In the fall of things
12. As the crow flies
13. The second page
14. Herkules Jonssons låt


Esbjörn Svensson, piano, keyboards
Dan Berglund, bas, whistle
Magnus Oström, trummor, sång