Strange Place for Snow

2002 studio album by Esbjörn Svensson Trio

Studio album by

Esbjörn Svensson Trio

Released

March/June 2002

Recorded

December 2001

Studio

Atlantis, Stockholm, Sweden

Length

69:02

Label

ACT Music/Sony BMG

Producer

Esbjörn Svensson Trio

Esbjörn Svensson Trio chronology

Good Morning Susie Soho
(2000)

Strange Place for Snow
(2002)

Seven Days of Falling
(2003)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[2]

Strange Place for Snow is a studio album by the Swedish group Esbjörn Svensson Trio released in 2002.

Background

The album was recorded in December 2001 and released in Europe on March 1, 2002 by ACT Music.^[3] The international release was on June 4, 2002 by Sony BMG.^[1]

Reception

The recording was awarded the annual prize of the German Record Critics 2002 and the German Jazz Award.^[3]

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.^[1] The tracks itself ends at 05:05^[3] and after about three minutes of silence the hidden track commences.^[4]

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

^ ^a ^b ^c Adler, David R.. Strange Place for Snow at AllMusic
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1368. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ ^a ^b ^c ACT Catalog, Esbjörn Svensson Trio Strange Place for Snow CD release page, retrieved 12 June 2019
^ rateyourmusic.com, Strange Place for Snow landing page, retrieved 12 June 2019