Magnus Ostrom: Thread of Life – review

(ACT)The loss of Swedish pianist Esbjörn Svensson in a diving accident in 2008 confronted his two long-time partners, bassist Dan Berglund and drummer Magnus Ostrom, with a dilemma as well as a personal loss, since neither had played outside EST in 15 years. Ostrom (like Berglund, on his Tonbruket venture last year) avoids EST mimicry, but seeks links between the trio's evolution and his own prog-rock and synth-texture roots. The influence of the Pat Metheny Group on EST surfaces in some of the...

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