Basie in Sweden
# Basie in Sweden

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.

## Reception

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |

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)
