Counting Five in Sweden

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{{Infobox album

| name = Counting Five in Sweden

| type = Live album

| artist = Joe Newman and Count Basie's All Stars

| cover = Counting_Five_in_Sweden.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1958

| recorded = October 2 & 13, 1958
Gothenburg Concert Hall and Stockholm Concert Hall, Sweden

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Jazz

| length =

| label = Metronome
MLP 15018

| producer =

| chronology = Joe Newman

| prev_title = Joe Newman with Woodwinds

| prev_year = 1958

| next_title = Jive at Five

| next_year = 1960

}}

Counting Five in Sweden is a live album by trumpeter Joe Newman with Count Basie's All Stars recorded in Sweden in 1958 for the Swedish Metronome label and also released in the US on World Pacific.Edwards, D., Eyries, P. & Callahan, M., [http://www.bsnpubs.com/la/worldpacific/worldpacific.html World Pacific Album Discography], accessed December 7, 2015[http://www.jazzdisco.org/pacific-jazz-records/catalog-1200-series/#wp-1288 Pacific Jazz Records Catalog: 1200 series], accessed December 7, 2015[http://www.discogs.com/Joe-Newman-And-Count-Basies-All-Stars-Counting-Five-In-Sweden/release/7569882 Discogs album entry], accessed December 7, 2015

Reception

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}

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AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.[http://www.allmusic.com/album/counting-five-in-sweden-mw0000895988 Allmusic listing], accessed December 7, 2015

Track listing

  1. "Feather's Nest" (Ernie Wilkins) - 7:55
  2. "Ballad Medley: Easy Living/September Song/Don't Blame Me" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin/Kurt Weill/Jimmy McHugh) - 6:30
  3. "The Sleeper" (Wilkins) - 7:20
  4. "Cute" (Neal Hefti) - 5:55
  5. "Slats" (Joe Newman) - 8:45
  6. "When the Saints Go Marching In" (Traditional) - 6:20
  • Recorded in Gothenburg on October 2 (tracks 1 & 5) and Stockholm on October 13 (tracks 2-4 & 6), 1958

Personnel

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