EST aka Esbjorn Svensson Trio just won the 2004 European Jazz Award. The prize is voted on by 21 music industry professionals from 21 different countries across Europe and will be properly awarded on December 3 at a ceremony in Vienna led by representatives of the Federal Chancellor for Culture of Austria and the City of Vienna´s Cultural Office. The band is currently on tour in the US and I totally and completely blew it by missing them last week, but I heard it was great. Dates for the rest of the year:
09/22 - Triple Door, Seattle
09/23 - Norman Rothstein Theatre, Vancouver (CAN)
10/01 - Gisleparken, Gislaved (SWE)
10/04 - Angra do Heroismo Centro Cultural e de Congressos (SPA)
10/06 - Teatro Caja Duero, Salamanca (SPA)
10/07 - Studio 24, Villeurbanne (FRA)
10/22 - Cosmopolite, Oslo (NOR)
10/23 - Aquarius, Zagreb (CRO)
10/24 - Bratislava Jazzdays, PKO Bratislava, Park der Kultur (SLO)
10/30 - Umea Festival / Folkets Hus (SWE)
11/03 - Joe´s Pub, New York
11/04 - Joe´s Pub, New York
11/05 - Zanzibar Blue, Philadelphia
11/06 - Zanzibar Blue, Philadelphia
11/07 - Zanzibar Blue, Philadelphia
11/08 - Blues Alley, Washington
11/09 - Hothouse, Chicago
11/10 - Dakota Jazz Club, Minneapolis
11/11 - Dakota Jazz Club, Minneapolis
11/13 - Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor
11/14 - Wexner Center, Columbus
11/25 - Centrum Sztuki, Wroclav (POL)
11/26 - Centrum Kultury i Sztuki, Kalisz (POL)
11/27 - Klub Zak, Gdansk (POL)
11/28 - Teatre Studio BuffoWarsaw (POL)
11/29 - Lucerna Bar, Praha (CZ)
12/02 - Treibhaus, Innsbruck (AUS)
12/04 - Porgy & Bess, Wien (AUS)
Go here for more: http://www.hopper-management.com/dates_2.php?AR_ID=7