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Tim Cumming, The Independent Information, 30th August-6th Sept 2008
This is music of the interior, billowing with telepathic interplay and a musical ESP like no other."
Mike Hobart, Financial Times, 30/31 August 2008
"... a brilliant summary of the trio's legacy, an exuberant mixture of baroque, rock and mainstream modern jazz. Gestated in a two-day studio jam while the trio toured Australia, the album captures the intuitive energy and experimentation of their best live gigs."
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The dictionary definition of Leukocyte is "White blood cells that fight infections" and this,the final EST album,definitely does that,for this is vintage stuff,i like many others was shocked when Esbjorn was so tragically killed earlier on this year,and listening to various tributes an the BBC and RTE it was obvious what an exceptional talent the man was,so it is with a heavy heart that i listened to this album,ok there may never be another EST album,but believe me they have gone out with a corker,for this is stunning!!
Thia is not Jazz,it is more than that,Piano,Bass and Drums is what it says on the slightly ECM ish cover,but that is only the start for as seems to be with all Nordic music,the atmospherics of the piece add a certain mystique to the tracks.
It would be easy to just think of this as an Esbjorn Svensson album,but we shouldn't forget that Dan Bergland(Bass)and Magnus Ostrom(Drums) contribute greatly.
This album was recorded in Australia earlier on this year and was always planned to come out at this time,and the ACT label has shown great sympathy with the Family of Esbjorn by not cashing in on his death.
There is a book of condolences on the bands website.
As a fan who saw them in concert,i will miss them.
Rest in Peace Esbjorn we miss you
Thia is not Jazz,it is more than that,Piano,Bass and Drums is what it says on the slightly ECM ish cover,but that is only the start for as seems to be with all Nordic music,the atmospherics of the piece add a certain mystique to the tracks.
It would be easy to just think of this as an Esbjorn Svensson album,but we shouldn't forget that Dan Bergland(Bass)and Magnus Ostrom(Drums) contribute greatly.
This album was recorded in Australia earlier on this year and was always planned to come out at this time,and the ACT label has shown great sympathy with the Family of Esbjorn by not cashing in on his death.
There is a book of condolences on the bands website.
As a fan who saw them in concert,i will miss them.
Rest in Peace Esbjorn we miss you
20 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This album wasn't created to be an epitaph so shouldn't be seen as such. It came out of a marathon recording session during their Australian tour and is unlike most of their music live and quite unlike anything previously on disc. It's more like the album Song X and so would be unlikely to getting such rave reviews if it wasn't for the sudden and terrible recent event. It's early days but I can't see me reaching for this CD like I have and continue to do for many of their other albums when my wife and I are sitting down after the kids have gone to bed. It's wind up music rather than wind down which doesn't make it a bad album but it's one the average listener will need to work at. Another Thursday Wonderland would have been difficult to achieve and bless them for taking the risk. I shall need to work at this one.
29 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This work is quite incredible. E.S.T. were surely a great band that knew how the keep "suspense" high. Nervertheless, with albums like "Tuesday Wonderland" they approached a degree of perfection that was impressive, but at the same time implied a problem: the music could become a formula, a well-done melange of modern piano jazz, raw rock energies and classical undertones. They had reached a point, where you could have said: "Well, I have a notion what their next album would sound like!" You couldn't be more wrong. "Leucocyte" grew out of a marathon-session-time in an Australian studio. It is an album that takes every possible risk: it is definitely their most radical piece of music: wild, enigmatic - and, most of all, unpredictable! I was stunned when I heared it for the first time, and I was even more stunned and blown away when I had listened twice! This will be a masterpiece in jazz history (if you give the term "jazz" a wide reaching definition including big spaces, zones of emptiness and psychedelic wonder!). The pieces nearly float into one another, with muscular grooves, discomforting zones of danger, and, sounds strange to say, a nearly otherworldly beauty!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
AN INAPPROPRIATE EPITAPH?
I so desperately wanted to adore this CD, which was a posthumous release following the sudden and tragic death of pianist Esbjorn Svensson. Read more
Published 21 months ago by paul-crampton
Disappointing legacy
As an EST fan of many years, and having been overwhelmed by them in concert, I find it difficult to criticise Leucocyte as ES has sadly passed on under such tragic circumstances. Read more
Published on 24 Aug 2009 by A. R. Durham
Great listen
Very atmospheric and innovative. Definitely one for the more forward thinking jazz listeners out there. A great talent that will be sadly missed.
Published on 17 Feb 2009 by Book Bearos
A CD of two halfs
The opening tracks (particularly the extended track 'Premonition') are delightful improvisations. I imagine these would be enjoyed by most fans of their previous recordings. Read more
Published on 1 Dec 2008 by Dr. M. Breach
EST - the last post
Just magnificent! A wonderful tribute to the work of a trio who pushed the boundaries of jazz. A wall of sound for the 21st century.
Published on 13 Oct 2008 by Michael Hill
A new era stopped abruptly
And to think I was getting a bit worried after the repetition and creative stagnation of the more pop oriented "Viaticum" and "Tuesday Wonderland". Read more
Published on 11 Oct 2008 by D. Ntokatzis
A Masterpiece
Sometimes it is necessary for musicians to push the boat out as on this album. Its radically different from anything est have done before and unfortunately and sadly will never be... Read more
Published on 23 Sep 2008 by Mr. John Heath
Creative musicians at work.......
How should we think of this album? It's clearly impossible for us now to see it outside the context of the band's last release before the untimely death of Esbjorn Svensson. Read more
Published on 22 Sep 2008 by IceBear
Leucocyte
I am a thoroughgoing fan of e.s.t. but for me it stopped with Tuesday Wonderland.
Whatever happened to the melody? Read more
Whatever happened to the melody? Read more
Published on 21 Sep 2008 by Nicholas Colley
A haunting epitaph to a jazz legend
Fact 1. EST were the most exciting, critically acclaimed, innovative and commercially successful jazz trio of at least the last decade.
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Fact 2. Read more
Published on 16 Sep 2008 by Belgo
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