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Epic · in the Kissa Kissa racks

Bengt Hallberg

Bengt Hallberg cover
RecordedJan 23-24, 1957
LabelEpic
Released1957
Personnel3 credited players
Discogsmaster 905758

The record

A trio date from Swedish jazz's postwar flowering, cut for Epic in early '57 with Johnson and Burman keeping brisk, unfussy time. Hallberg's touch is light and harmonically curious, a reminder of why American players touring Scandinavia kept coming back impressed.

Session personnel

  • Gunnar Johnson — bass
  • Anders Burman — drum
  • Bengt Hallberg — piano

Contemporary reception

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

Pressings

1957Epic · LN 3375 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Deep groove earliest on file · deep groove
1957Epic — MONO
1957Philips · P 08201 L — Vinyl, LP
1957Epic · LN 3375 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Mono, White label
1957Philips · GP 08201 L — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
Philips · 421 528 PE — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP

Follow the players

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