Underwater Diving Deaths - Esbjorn Svensson, Audrey Mestre, Yuri Lipski, Sheck Exley, David Shaw, Peter Dubovsky, Loic Leferme, Deon Dreyer (Paperback)

Chapters: Esbjorn Svensson, Audrey Mestre, Yuri Lipski, Sheck Exley, David Shaw, Peter Dubovsky, Loic Leferme, Deon Dreyer, Arne Zetterstrom, Josef Velek, John Bennett. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 38. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Skultuna, Sweden Esbjorn Svensson (April 16, 1964 June 14, 2008) was a jazz pianist and founder of the jazz group Esbjorn Svensson Trio, commonly known as E.S.T. Svensson became one of Europe's most successful jazz musicians at the turn of the 21st century before dying at the age of 44 in a scuba diving accident. Svensson was introduced to both classical music and jazz very early in life through his mother, a classical pianist, and his father, a jazz enthusiast, and first showed interest in classical music. In his teenage years, he developed an interest in rock music and started a few garage bands with classmates, before going back to classical music and finally making his way towards jazz. At age 16, Svensson went to a music college, where he took piano lessons. He later studied at the Royal College of Music, Stockholm, for four years. In 1990, Svensson started his own jazz combo with his childhood friend Magnus Ostrom on percussion. Both had made their first appearances on stage as sidemen in the Swedish and Danish jazz scene during the 1980s. In 1993, bassist Dan Berglund joined the duo, and the Esbjorn Svensson Trio was born. The trio released its debut album, When Everyone Has Gone, in 1993, and in the following years established itself in the Nordic jazz scene. Svensson was nominated for Swedish Jazz Musician of the Year in 1995 and 1996. The trio's international breakthrough came with their 1999 album From Gagarins Point Of View, their first album to be released outside Scandinavia. With the release of their albums Good Morning Susie Soho ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=522851