Following their 1993 debut album, the Esbjörn Svensson Trio have taken the jazz world by storm, and this two-hour concert recorded in Hamburg in 2006 is an excellent place to start, since it shows the superb musicianship of pianist Esbjörn Svensson, bassist Dan Berglund, and drummer Magnus Öström minus any studio trickery; it shows their exquisite communication with each other, their daring improvisations, their effortless flow, and most of all, it shows their unique brand of music, where a jazz trio can easily incorporate heavy metal distortion during a song ("Definition of a Dog") then play a sparse, lovely ballad ("The Goldhearter Miner"), and where funk, classical, and avant-garde music elements are incorporated into a sound that never feels academic or difficult to listen to. ~ Christian Genzel|
Rovi
これまでにもさまざまな賛辞が述べられてきたこのトリオに、さらなる拍手を送りたくなる12年ぶりのライヴ盤。内容の素晴らしさが語り草になっていた2006年のハンブルク公演を曲順もそのままに完全収録した2枚組だ。世界中が愛する彼らの音楽の流麗な美しさ、エレクトリック・サウンドの巧みさは、まさに最高潮と言えよう。ファンにとっては感涙の、そして未体験の人にはぜひ感じてほしい傑作である。
bounce (C)竹内 雄季
タワーレコード(2008年01月号掲載 (P86))