Strange Place for Snow

Strange Place for Snow
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

1. "The Message" – 5:16
2. "Serenade For The Renegade" – 4:30
3. "Strange Place For Snow" – 6:44
4. "Behind The Yashmak" – 10:30
5. "Bound For The Beauty Of The South" – 5:10
6. "Years Of Yearning" – 5:44
7. "When God Created The Coffeebreak" – 6:38
8. "Spunky Sprawl" – 6:29
9. "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

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