''Strange Place for Snow'' is a studio album by the Swedish group

Esbjörn Svensson Trio Esbjörn Svensson Trio (or e.s.t.) was a Swedish jazz piano trio formed in 1993 consisting of Esbjörn Svensson (piano), Dan Berglund (double bass), and Magnus Öström (drums). Its music had classical, rock, pop, and techno elements. It listed c ...

released in 2002.

Background

The album was recorded in December 2001 and released in Europe on March 1, 2002 by

ACT Music ACT is a German record label founded in 1992 by Siegfried Loch. It is a division of ACT + Music Video founded by Loch and Annette Humpe in 1988. ACT started as a pop music label but folded soon after it started. Loch turned it into a jazz label, ...

. The international release was on June 4, 2002 by

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Reception

The recording was awarded the annual prize of the German Record Critics 2002 and the German Jazz Award.

Track listing

# "The Message" – 5:16 # "Serenade For The Renegade" – 4:30 # "Strange Place For Snow" – 6:44 # "Behind The Yashmak" – 10:30 # "Bound For The Beauty Of The South" – 5:10 # "Years Of Yearning" – 5:44 # "When God Created The Coffeebreak" – 6:38 # "Spunky Sprawl" – 6:29 # "Carcrash" – 18:01 The last track of the CD release – "Carcrash" – contains a hidden track. The tracks itself ends at 05:05 and after about three minutes of silence the hidden track commences.

Personnel

*Daniel Berglund – Double Bass *Magnus Öström – Percussion, Drums *Esbjörn Svensson – Keyboards, Piano (Grand)

Production

*E.S.T. – Producer *Janne Hansson – Engineer, Mixing *Åke Linton – Engineer *Tommy Lydell – Mastering

References

2002 albums Esbjörn Svensson Trio albums ACT Music albums {{2000s-jazz-album-stub