E.S.T. (Esbjörn Svensson Trio)
Tuesday wonderland
ACT
I reviewed EST's last album, "Viaticum", and I was pleased and impressed by their fusion of jazz and rock. "Tuesday wonderland" follows a similar pattern in bringing together the worlds of rock and jazz the way it was meant to be in the first place (Weather Report and Return to Forever be damned). The most significant difference with "Viaticum" is that "Tuesday wonderland" includes electric and electronic instruments, most notably electric bass, as a significant textural and leading instrument through some of the songs, although very little of the work done there could be described as "riffs". The album is also a lot more pop than the previous, without ever reverting to easy listening-Diana Krall-jazz that your father seems to enjoy. Though they do bring together two genres in a way that I have not heard before, they keep one foot firmly in the post-bop composition style that is heard often in jazz these days. Truly a trio that has reconciled two worlds.
- Simon Thibaudeau
