Viaticum (album)

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Viaticum
Studio album by Esbjörn Svensson Trio

Publication
(s)

February 1, 2005

admission

August 30, 2004 - October 11, 2004

Label (s) Act

Genre (s)

jazz

Title (number)

9

occupation

production

Studio (s)

Atlantis Studios, Stockholm

chronology
Seven Days of Falling Viaticum Tuesday Wonderland

Viaticum is the tenth album by the Swedish jazz trio Esbjörn Svensson Trio in the twelfth year of its existence.

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The music of the album and the reception of the recordings are only treated rudimentary. - Freimut Bahlo ( discussion ) 12:34, Jan. 22, 2018 (CET)
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Critics attested the band that despite the long history they would still develop instead of stagnating. In an interview after the album was released, Esbjörn Svensson said:

"We have to develop without knowing how. It still seems possible to do that, although we've been together so long. Maybe one day we won't be able to do it any more. But usually I only think, 'That's it, it's gone, I can't do it any more,' when I'm exhausted. If I just leave it a while, read a book, see a movie, play with my kids, I soon start to feel some music coming again. So far."

“We have to develop without knowing how. It still seems possible even though we've been together for so long. One day maybe we won't be able to do it anymore. But I usually only think, 'That's it! It's over, I just can't do it anymore! 'When I'm exhausted. When I let it sit for a while, read a book, watch a movie or play with the kids, I feel the music rise again. Until now, anyway. "

- John Fordham

Kai Kopp certifies that the album is suitable for the masses despite the instruments of a real jazz trio. However, the topics - "despite all the true beauty" - are no longer as catchy as they used to be. Russel Finch finds EST now only sounds similar to themselves compared to their previous Keith Jarrett sound.

Track list

  1. Tide of trepidation (7:12)
  2. Eighty-Eight Days in My Veins (8:22)
  3. The Well-Wisher (3:47)
  4. The Unstable Table & the Infamous Fable (8:32)
  5. Viaticum (6:51)
  6. In the Tail of Her Eye (6:55)
  7. Letter from the Leviathan (6:56)
  8. A Picture of Doris Traveling With Boris (5:40)
  9. What Though The Way May Be Long (6:20)

reception

In 2005 Viaticum received, among other things, a platinum record (Jazz Award) for over 20,000 units sold in Germany. The album is one of the best-selling jazz albums in Germany . In 2006 the album was awarded the Swedish Grammis .

Trivia

Viaticum stands in Latin for food for the journey, but is also used in liturgical terms as an expression for communion on death .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Russel Finch: EST Viaticum Review , BBC - Music, English, accessed on January 21, 2018.
  2. ^ John Fordham: Swede dreams , The Guardian, January 26, 2005, accessed January 21, 2018
  3. ↑ Kai Kopp: Viaticum , laut.de, accessed on January 21, 2018
  4. ↑ GOLD / PLATINUM database. musikindustrie.de, accessed on August 13, 2020 .