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
Source	Rating
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

• Recorded at the Dans in at Gröna Lund in Stockholm, Sweden on August 10 (track 5), August 11 (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6 & 7) & August 12 (tracks 3 & 8), 1962

Personnel

• Count Basie – piano
• Benny Bailey (tracks 1, 4 & 6), Al Aarons, Sonny Cohn, Thad Jones, Fip Ricard – trumpet
• Henry Coker, Quentin Jackson, Åke Persson (tracks 1, 4 & 6), Benny Powell – trombone
• Marshal Royal, Frank Wess – alto saxophone
• Eric Dixon, Frank Foster – tenor saxophone
• Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
• Freddie Green – guitar
• Ike Isaacs – bass
• Louis Bellson – drums
• Irene Reid – vocals (track 3)

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