Åke Persson - The Great

Tracklist

1	Forever Stoned	2:42
2	Melancholy	3:15
3	Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen	2:40
4	Monotones	2:41
5	Don't Blame Me	2:34
6	My Blue Heaven	2:42
7	Softly As In A Morning Sunrise	3:03
8	It Might As Well Be Spring	3:52
9	Hershey Bar	2:48
10	Penta	5:19
11	Stella By Starlight	6:03
12	Spring Is Here	2:14
13	'T Ain't No Use	5:57
14	Besame Mucho	4:35
15	Nassie Goreng	3:01
16	Just Lonely	2:32
17	Mountain Music	4:10
18	Monotones	2:02

Companies, etc.

• Mastered At – Cutting Room

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Arne Domnérus (tracks: 6 to 9)
• Baritone Saxophone – Lars Gullin (tracks: 13, 14)
• Bass – Bengt Carlsson (tracks: 13, 14), Don Bagley (tracks: 4, 5), Georg Riedel (tracks: 12), Gunnar Johnson (tracks: 6 to 11, 15 to 18), Simon Brehm (tracks: 1 to 3)
• Drums – Egil Johansen (tracks: 15 to 18), Jack Norén* (tracks: 6 to 9), Kenneth Fagerlund (tracks: 10, 11), Nils-Bertil Dahlander (tracks: 12 to 14), Stan Levey (tracks: 4, 5), Sven Bollhem (tracks: 1 to 3)
• Executive-Producer – Lars Samuelson
• Liner Notes – Hans Fridlund
• Mastered By [CD] – Björn Almstedt
• Photography By – Gunnar Holmberg
• Piano – Bengt Hallberg (tracks: 6 to 11), Claes-Göran Fagerstedt (tracks: 13, 14), Gösta Theselius (tracks: 15 to 18), Ingemar Westberg (tracks: 1 to 3), Reinhold Svensson (tracks: 12), Rob Pronk (tracks: 4, 5)
• Tenor Saxophone – Carl-Erik Lindgren (tracks: 1 to 3), Hacke Björksten (tracks: 10, 11)
• Trombone – Bob Burgess (tracks: 4, 5), Frank Rosolino (tracks: 4, 5), Åke Persson

Notes

Recorded August 7, 1951 (tr.1-3); August 25, 1953 (tr.4+5); September 14, 1953 (tr.6-9); March 3, 1954 (tr.10+11); April 10, 1956 (tr.12); January 14/15, 1957 (tr.13+14); January 25, 1957 (tr.15-18)

Originally released on MUSICA A9211 "Simon Brehms Orkester"(tr.1-3);
KARUSELL K33 "Rosolino-Persson Sextet" (tr.4,5);
METRONOME MEP17 "Åke Persson And His Combo" (tr.6-9);
METRONOME MEP67 "The Modern Swedes" (tr.10,11);
PHILIPS 421504 "Jam Session" (tr.12);
PHILIPS PO8202L "Lars Gullin-Åke Persson" (tr.13-18)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 7 319200 041052