Basie in Sweden

Basie in Sweden
Live album by Count Basie and His Orchestra
Released 1962
Recorded August 10, 11 & 12, 1962
Dans In at Gröna Lund in Stockholm, Sweden
Genre Jazz
Label Roulette
Producer Teddy Reig
Count Basie chronology
Back with Basie
(1962)
Basie in Sweden
(1962)
Sinatra–Basie: An Historic Musical First
(1962)

Basie in Sweden (subtitled Recorded Live in Concert featuring Louis Bellson on Drums) is a live album by pianist, composer and bandleader Count Basie featuring tracks recorded at an amusement park in Sweden in 1962 and originally released on the Roulette label.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars.[3]

Track listing

  1. "Little Pony" (Neal Hefti) - 2:25
  2. "Plymouth Rock" (Hefti) - 7:00
  3. "Backwater Blues" (Bessie Smith) - 5:06
  4. "Who Me" (Frank Foster) - 3:23
  5. "April in Paris" (Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg) - 3:30
  6. "Backstage Blues" (Don Elliott, Terry Gibbs, Urbie Green) - 5:00
  7. "Good Time Blues" (Ernie Wilkins) - 5:00
  8. "Peace Pipe" (Wilkins) - 4:35

Personnel

References

  1. Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Roulette Album Discography, Part 3, accessed November, 5, 2015
  2. Kitora, R., Count Basie Discography, accessed November, 5, 2015
  3. 1 2 Allmusic listing, accessed November, 5, 2015
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