Jazz pianist Esbjörn Svensson dead at 44
June 17th, 2008 at 10.27pm (News)
BBC News reported jazz pianist Esbjörn Svensson died in a scuba diving accident near Stockholm on Saturday. Svensson’s piano trio enjoyed great success throughout Europe and won a fair number of European jazz awards throughout their career.
Svensson leaves behind a wife and two sons.
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barbara said,
June 18, 2008 at 7.55am
Such a shame, and he was so young. I understand he was really spearheading a resurgrence of interest in jazz too.