Esbjorn Svensson

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Swedish jazz pianist and composer Esbjorn Svensson, who helped break genre boundaries and attracted a young audience outside the traditional jazz scene, died in a scuba diving accident on Saturday, his manager said.

Burkhard Hopper, manager of the Esbjorn Svensson Trio (e.s.t.), said Svensson, 44, died on Saturday in Sweden's Stockholm archipelago. [Reuters]

Esbjorn Svensson was scheduled to play the new NYC venue (le) Poisson Rouge on June 21st.

posted at 5:34 PM on June 16, 2008 in music | Comments (7)