Results for "Ake Persson"

Ake Persson

Born: February 25, 1932

Joe Henderson, Bill Evans, Jim Hall: Buried Treasure from Germany's MPS Label

by Chris May
February 9, 2022

Between its founding in 1968 and sale in 1983, the original incarnation of the recently revived German label MPS—the initials stand for Musik Produktion Schwarzwald (Music Production Black Forest)—notched up around five hundred releases. Some were recorded in the US by American musicians, many more were recorded in Europe and featured bands made up of European ...

The Great

By Ake Persson

Label: Four Leaf Clover Records
Released: 1999
Track listing: 1. Forever Stone, 2. Melancholy, 3. Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen, 4. Monotones, 5. Don?'t Blame Me, 6. My Blue Heaven, 7. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise, 8. It Might As Well Be Spring, 9. Hershey Bar, 10. Penta, 11. Stella By Starlight, 12. Spring Is Here, 13. ?'T Ain?'t No Use, 14. Besame Mucho, 15. Nassie Goreng, 16. Just Lonely, 17. Mountain Music, 18. Monotones

Ake Persson: The Great

by Jack Bowers
March 1, 1999

For more than two decades Åke Persson was widely recognized as Europe's foremost Jazz trombonist, and indeed one of the world's leading players. Persson's remarkable career ended in February 1975 when the 43'year'old musician took his own life. These historic sessions document Persson's early years (1951'57), before he became a member of the Harry Arnold or ...