I've just read in the Guardian that Esbjörn Svensson has died after injuries received during scuba diving. Now I know that The Word is a rock magazine, and the Esbjörn Svennson Trio were a jazz combo, but I think it's generally accepted that, if there's a Venn diagram with three circles: rock, jazz and good, EST are right there in the middle where the three intersect.

I suspect that, like many other middle-aged ex-hippies or ex-punks, music is my drug of choice and I am constantly on the look out for that next high. EST gave me that high for a couple of albums and, if the other-wordly doodlings of Radiohead or Sigur Ros are your thing, then I would strongly encourage you to have a listen to them ('Viaticum' is a good start). I for one will miss Esbjörn Svensson very much.