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.Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Roulette Album Discography, Part 3, accessed November, 5, 2015Kitora, R., Count Basie Discography, accessed November, 5, 2015
Reception
AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars.
Track listing "Little Pony" (Neal Hefti) – 2:25 "Plymouth Rock" (Hefti) – 7:00 "Backwater Blues" (Bessie Smith) – 5:06 "Who Me" (Frank Foster) – 3:23 "April in Paris" (Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg) – 3:30 "Backstage Blues" (Don Elliott, Terry Gibbs, Urbie Green) – 5:00 "Good Time Blues" (Ernie Wilkins) – 5:00 "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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