Iiro Rantala / piano
Victoria Tolstoy / vocals
Ulf Wakenius / guitar
Lars Danielsson / bass
Morten Lund / drums

No other European jazz pianist has had such a formative influence in his field in recent years as the Swede Esbjörn Svensson, who died far too soon in 2008. In changing constellations, moods and interpretations, Iiro Rantala, Viktoria Tolstoy, Ulf Wakenius, Lars Danielsson and Morten Lund take on some of the best-known Svensson respectively e.s.t. works. And if the album title "Tears For Esbjörn" becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy upon hearing Svensson's most emotional piece "Love Is Real" nobody needs to be ashamed; neither for tears of sadness at the irreplaceable loss of Esbjörn Svensson, nor for tears of joy at the music he left us with.