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Basie In Sweden

Count Basie Orchestra

Recorded	Aug 12, 1962
Label	Roulette
Released	1962
Personnel	16 credited players
Discogs	master 439547

The record

Cut during the '62 European tour, this set finds Louis Bellson sitting in on drums, pushing the band's usual pulse into something harder and more forward-leaning. The rhythm guitar keeps everything anchored underneath.

Session personnel

Marshall Royal — alto saxophone
Charlie Fowlkes — baritone saxophone
Ike Isaacs — double bass [bass fiddle]
Louis Bellson — featuring, drums
Freddie Green — guitar
Count Basie — piano
Eric Dixon — saxophone
Frank Foster — tenor saxophone
Frank Wess — tenor saxophone
Benny Powell — trombone
Henry Coker — trombone
Quentin Jackson — trombone
Al Aarons — trumpet
Fortunatus "Fip" Ricard — trumpet
Sonny Cohn — trumpet
Thad Jones — trumpet

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 23 pressings on file.

1962	Roulette · R-52099 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file
1962	Roulette · SR-52099 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1962	Roulette · R-52099 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1962	Roulette · VB-SR 52099 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1962	Roulette · SR-52099, SR 52099 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1962	Roulette · R-52099 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1963	Columbia · 33SX 1606 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1963	Roulette · R-52099 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Bridgeport Pressing
1963	Roulette · SMJ-7124 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1964	Columbia · SCX 3510 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1972	Sonet · GP-10014 — Vinyl, LP, Stereo, Mono
1973	Roulette · YS-2798-RO — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1976	Roulette — STEREO
1979	Roulette · YW-7844-RO — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo