Åke Persson

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Åke Persson

tb, 1932-1975 SE
Musician of Jazz

Born: February 25, 1932, Hässleholm, Sweden. Died: February 5, 1975, Stockholm, Sweden. A fine trombonist with an appealing tone, Åke Persson worked steadily in Europe during his prime years and occasionally guested with American jazzmen who were on tour. Tragically, on February 5th, 1975, Åke was found dead in his car at the bottom of the Djurgården canal.

Genres

Jazz
Pop
World
R&B/Soul
Folk

Band Members

Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
Duke Ellington In Sweden 1973 (Highlights From The Swedish Radio Jazz Archives)	Duke Ellington Featuring The Swedish Guests Alice Babs, Rolf Ericson, Åke Persson, Nils Lindberg	1999	Album
The Great	Åke Persson	1994	Compil.
The Legendary Years, Vol. 2	Åke Persson, Lars Gullin, Bengt Hallberg	1992	Compil.
The Legendary Years, Vol. 4	Lars Gullin, Åke Persson, Putte Wickman, Bengt Hallberg	1992	Compil.
North Sea Jazz Sessions Volume 2	Frank Rosolino, Urbie Green, Jiggs Whigham, Bob Burgess & Åke Persson With Louis Van Dyke Trio	1992	Album
Spring Is Here	Monica Zetterlund With Benny Bailey, Donald Byrd, Arne Domnérus, Lars Gullin, Åke Persson	1988	Compil.
Rockin' Bach Dimensions	Ack Van Rooyen, Siegfried Schwab, Horst Jankowski, Herb Geller, Åke Persson ∙ Wolfgang Dauner ∙ Bobby Gutesha	1974	Album
Trombone Workshop	Jiggs Whigham, Albert Mangelsdorff, Åke Persson, Slide Hampton	1972	Album
Sudda Sudda	Arnold Johansson & Åke Persson	1968	Album
Quincy - Here We Come	Joe Harris, Åke Persson, Benny Bailey	1960	Single
Swedish Punch	Leonard Feather Presents Benny Bailey - Arne Domnérus - Åke Persson - Bjarne Nerem - Lennart Jansson - Rune Öfwerman - Rune Gustafsson - Torbjörn Hultcrantz - Joe Harris	1959	Album
Quincy - Here We Come	Joe Harris, Åke Persson, Benny Bailey	1959	Album
Lars Gullin - Åke Persson	Lars Gullin, Åke Persson	1957	Album
Jazz From Sweden 6 - Jam Sessions Nr 4	Arne Domnérus, Georg Riedel, Bengt-Arne Wallin, Åke Persson, Rolf Blomquist, Reinhold Svensson, Nils-Bertil Dahlander	1956	Single
Jazz From Sweden 5 - Jam Session Nr 3	Arne Domnérus, Georg Riedel, Reinhold Svensson, Rolf Blomquist, Nils-Bertil Dahlander, Bengt-Arne Wallin, Åke Persson	1956	Single
Jumping With Queen Anne	Rolf Blomquist And His Band Featuring Åke Persson	1955	Single
Swedish Modern	Åke Persson, Gunnar Björksten, Bengt Hallberg, Gunnar Johnson, Kenneth Fagerlund	1954	Single
Jazz Fantastic From Sweden	Åke Persson / Gunnar Björksten / Bengt Hallberg / Gunnar Johnson / Kenneth Fagerlund	1954	Single
Swingin' In Sweden	Åke Persson, Carl-Henrik Norin, Johnny Ekh, Bengt Hallberg, Red Mitchell, Robert E. White, Ernie Englund, Lars Gullin	1954	Single
Swedish Modern	Åke Persson, Gunnar Björksten, Bengt Hallberg, Gunnar Johnson, Kenneth Fagerlund	1954	Album
Åke Persson And His Combo	Åke Persson		Single

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Acknowledgements

To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.