Jazz pianist Esbjörn Svensson dead at 44

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.

Esbjörn Svensson Trio

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  1. 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.

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