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e.s.t. Leucocyte (Esbjorn Svensson Trio) | 
| Artist: E S T
Label: Act
Category: Music
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 638
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.8 x 0.5
UPC: 614427901828
EAN: 0614427901828
ASIN: B000WDW5H6
Release Date: September 1, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Decade | | • | Premonition (Earth) | | • | Premonition (Contorted) | | • | Jazz | | • | Still | | • | Ajar | | • | Leucocyte (Ad Initio) | | • | Leucocyte (Ad Interim) | | • | Leuccyte (Ad Mortem) | | • | Leucocyte (Ad Infinitum) |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
 A CD of two halfs December 1, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If this were on vinyl, I would never feel the need to play side 2 again - the last 5 or 6 tracks were obviously a challenge for the band to play and record, and are seriously challenging to listen to. I won't return to them anytime soon.
However, the opening tracks (particularly the extended track 'Premonition') are delightful improvisations that rank among ESTs best work, which would be enjoyed by fans of their previous recordings.
 EST - the last post October 13, 2008
Just magnificent! A wonderful tribute to the work of a trio who pushed the boundaries of jazz. A wall of sound for the 21st century.
A new era stopped abruptly October 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
And to think I was getting a bit worried after the repetition and creative stagnation of the more pop oriented "Viaticum" and "Tuesday Wonderland". Thank God , this is a brilliant work and was definately going to lead the most important piano trio , into new uncharted territory , where different styles ,various influences would blend the future with the bop tradition into a new language . A legacy indeed and one of the most important jazz records of our times.
A Masterpiece September 23, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Sometimes it is necessary for musicians to push the boat out as on this album. Its radically different from anything est have done before and unfortunately and sadly will never be doing again. However, what a legacy. To me its a mixture of jazz and heavy rock with some abstract electronica throuwn in. The rhythms are powerful, dark and foreboding, yet the piano soars above the nocturnal bass and drums whether creating passages of melody or simple repetitive intonations. There are extraordinarily beautiful moments coupled with downright uncomfortable edgy passages. The overall effect is stunning and mindblowing but its not going to be to everyone's taste. People who like MoR jazz or pop are not going to dig this. But hey, without musicians willing to take risks there would be no progress in music as in anything else. A fitting epitaph for a maestro and a legend
Creative musicians at work....... September 22, 2008
How should we think of this album? It's clearly impossible for us now to see it outside the context of the band's last release before the untimely death of Esbjorn Svensson. However, it must also be clear that the band themselves weren't thinking of it in anything like that context when they recorded it. Is there anything here that we haven't heard them do before? My personal view is that I don't think so. It's just that there's more of some of the things they're good at and less of some of the others, so how you view the album will depend on how you view these different aspects of their creativity. If you're looking for their marvellous touch with a melody then you may end up dissatisfied but if you like the way they can mix electronics with a piano trio to make a real heavy-metal sound then you'll love it. And that's been a part of their playing for ages. This is them just getting together to play and recording what happens, and that seems to me to be in the best spirit of jazz - somewhere between the carefully-rehearsed studio recording and the spontaneity of a live performance. We don't get to know what the band could have given us to follow this album, but I for one am glad they gave us this.
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