Waouh magnifique les gars bravo 🥰🥰🥰

thank you so much for sharing this video ❤

A beautiful celebration of such a fantastic musician. E.S.T. has always played a huge role in my musical listening, learning and development. Inspirational. Thank you !

Thank you so much! Esbjörn, Dan and Magnus are the reason why I became a Jazzpianist in the first place. I was lucky enough to recently meet Dan and Magnus in person and thank them as well. Thank you to everyone who was a part of this project!

Thank you so much for sharing this. I was so lucky to see EST in St George’s, Bristol. I was heartbroken when he died. 💖

This is what music critic Jan Gradvall wrote when the film was broadcasted for the first time on Swedish National Television in 2016. The review was published in Swedish news paper Di Weekend. Translated version: Sweden, congratulations are in order. On Saturday, October 29, SVT will air a music documentary that is - which is extremely rare for the genre - as precise, exact, and striking as the music it portrays. A documentary about jazz pianist Esbjörn Svensson that strikes straight to the heart, continues through the body, drills through the earth, burrows into the moraine, and ultimately becomes a part of our cultural groundwater. Malik Bendjelloul's Searching for Sugar Man was the first Swedish music documentary that could be called a masterpiece. David Tarrodi's A portrait of Esbjörn Svensson is the second. If I can claim expertise in any field, it’s music documentaries and music biographies. We all have our ways of unwinding, processing, and focusing - of resetting our mental hard drives. Some run marathons. Others practice yoga. Some prepare complex seven-course meals. I, on the other hand, open my laptop and watch yet another music documentary, perhaps the second of the evening, likely the 46th this year. The music documentary genre provides me with the perfect combination of predictable relaxation and stimulating activation that my brain needs on a Tuesday night after an intense day, when my thoughts are on repeat. The moment I see the typical opening shots of a documentary - trucks on a highway, queues outside a club, panoramic shots with the text "Leeds, 1972" - I relax and forget everything except what’s on the screen. Usually, I’m already familiar with about 75% of the content in these documentaries, but that’s part of the appeal, the “yoga effect,” of watching them. Fifteen to twenty years ago, when there were plans for Per Sinding-Larsen, Bertil Fröman, and me to create a documentary series about the history of Swedish rock for SVT, we even traveled to Bristol to speak with the genre’s master, Hugh Thomson, who created BBC's brilliant Dancing in the Street series. In other words, I’ve seen and studied countless music documentaries. When I received a link in my inbox to A portrait of Esbjörn Svensson, with the note that it would air the Saturday after next, I assumed, as usual, that I could predict what I was about to see. I thought I had a pretty good grasp of EST (Esbjörn Svensson Trio), having written about the trio since their debut in the early 1990s. I believe I even saw Esbjörn Svensson play electric piano with the phenomenal soul collective Blacknuss Allstars, featuring Martin Jonsson and Christian Falk, though I’m not certain. My oldest friend designed a couple of EST’s album covers. EST has been a constant in my life. I also remember the shocking news in June 2008 that Esbjörn Svensson, only 44 years old, had died in a scuba diving accident in the Stockholm archipelago. The structure of a documentary about Esbjörn Svensson should therefore follow a familiar pattern: the terrible accident, parallels to Jan Johansson, retrospectives, memorial interviews, Grammy awards, perhaps commentary from a prominent American jazz critic. But young documentary filmmaker David Tarrodi, 30, who wasn’t around when it all happened, does none of this. Instead, he has listened - truly listened - and lets everything begin and end with the music. In this way, Esbjörn Svensson is brought to life. This is not a film about a deceased legend; it’s a film about a creative, living musician. David Tarrodi spent two years earning the trust of Esbjörn Svensson’s wife, Eva Svensson, before he even turned on the camera. After that, he interviewed everyone: parents, siblings, music teachers, record label staff, and bandmates Magnus Öström and Dan Berglund. Through carefully thought-out interviews, beautifully lit, the subjects don’t speak about Esbjörn in the past tense (“I remember”) but in the present. No melodramatic adjectives, no lingering zoom-ins on sad eyes. Instead, it’s life - life at all costs. Jazz is often portrayed as music about nothing. But David Tarrodi highlights two recurring themes in Esbjörn Svensson’s life and music: water and space. He loved to explore, swim, and dive. When you learn the backstory of album titles like From Gagarin’s Point of View and compositions like Did They Ever Tell Costeau?, the music’s notes hit even harder and dig even deeper. The narration is Esbjörn Svensson’s own voice, taken from his 2003 P1 summer radio show. Esbjörn Svensson’s piano and Magnus Öström’s drums were childhood friends. Together with Dan Berglund’s bass, they became unbeatable, especially live. A recurring theme in Esbjörn Svensson’s body of work - and the focus of this documentary - was that the present moment never comes back. No performance is ever the same. Even everyday life is built on equal parts rehearsal, careful preparation, and complete openness to improvisation. I will rewatch the film next Saturday.

This film is now available here: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5ecZZarYradfqM

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Thank you for this wonderful film! What a gift his music is to the world, and it’s great to know more about him and how he developed his artistry. Thank you.

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God damn that’s where “kraftwerk” got their name isn’t it? What does it mean?

Thank you thank you thank you thank you!! Been waiting for this to re-release on Swedish platforms for years!

What a wonderful movie portraying an absolutely stunning artist (and trio). Thx so much for sharing this

Mycket fin film om en master, vilken musiker!

Thank you so much for releasing this here on KZbin for all of us to enjoy - and of course for making this brilliant documentary!

Ett sådant levande porträtt av en enastående musiker! Den här dokumentären vill man se om och om igen. Tack för uppladdningen!

So good to finally see this on KZbin....Thank you so much!

Just discovered his music for myself about five years ago and I was INSTANTLY a fan! RIP Esbjorn.

Прекрасную музыку оставил нам, спасибо!

Wow!!! This film is totally amazing!!!! BRAVO DAVID TARRODI!!!!!

Helt underbart, tack!

Bara Superlativer

Tusen tack! ❤

TACK ❤🎹🙏♥️💫🎵🎬

This is a film produced in 2016 in collaboration with Swedish National Television. It is our birthday present for Esbjörn to make it live on KZbin. He would have turned 60 this year. Tell your friends around the globe to watch the film to keep Esbjörns' legacy alive! Thanks to AI, subitles available in English | French | Spanish | Italian | Portuguese | German | Polish | Ukrainian | Japanese | Chinese | Korean | Hindi Thanks to all people involved creating this great film!

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As a filmmaker I do concur. We should let the music speak instead of creating "action" where stillness and listening is best suited.

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Great playing, bravo ! However the camera is moving too much, which makes me seasick...

Maravilhosa interpretação desses dois grandes músicos!!!

Lovely interpretation (and camera work) !!

wow!! amazing interpretation

nice

Beautiful

nice, the reason why I click into this video because the weird name of the piece written on the title of the video ,compose by a random pianist ,which made me curious what the song sound like . nice perform from David Huang

Jättefin tolkning av David Huang! 🎹😍✨

So cool!

I recently have become infatuated with this piece. David's performance is lovely. Others I found to be on the faster side which, while technically impressive, feels a bit clinical. I prefer this more laidback and romantic approach. It sounds calm but confident. One of my fav interpretations so far!

I like it. 😸

Absolutely stunning performance by Huang - such airy serenity!

Splendid. Very intimate and beautiful. Feels like a dream. Thank you.

I can't understand how this masterpiece has this amount of views. What are people listening to nowadays?

Bravi!!!

Yes, still :-)

i’m so happy for lucas!! legit my favorite guitarist man.

Incredible dexterity and dynamics! The guitar looks older, is that cedar? It looks similar to the 1970s Yamaha GCs that were stained with cashew oil to achieve that rich color.

sodelicious.......................

This deserves a million views

Älskar dig pappa, det är Joanna ❤✨️😍💙. Vad fint hon spelar.