Mercury Records Collection: EmArcy MG-36106: Rolf Ericson And His American All-Stars

MG-36106: Rolf Ericson and his American All-Stars

Label Type :	blue EmArcy type C
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	MG-36106A-1 MSI M D
	SIDE-B	MG-36106B-1 MSI M C

Comments

Inside The Groove

Original Swedish Metronome recordings when Rolf Ericson toured back to Sweden in triumph.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

Rolf Ericson, one of the most famous Swedish Jazz players, went to the US in the late 1940s and made a certain amount of success. Then in 1956, he formed a band to tour his native country Sweden. This album was recorded in that era. (note: Ernestine Anderson's MG-20354 was also recorded in this era - Ernestine toured with Rolf Ericson's band.)

Although the arrangements and the ensemble sound rather old-style with our later years, Rolf's trumpet itself is very warming and sincere. Duke Jordan provided a very famous tune “Flight to Jordan” - maybe this is the first recording of the tune.

Strictly Personal Rating (to what extent I could enjoy this album)

8 out of 10

Track Listing

SIDE-A
A-1	14840	Forecast (Duke Jordan)	5:31
A-2	14841	Vacker Flicka (Duke Jordan - Cecil Payne)	7:15
A-3	14842	Visby Groove Alley (Duke Jordan - Cecil Payne)	6:45
SIDE-B
B-1	14843	Flight To Jordan (Duke Jordan)	6:10
B-2	14844	Medley	7:44
		I Cover The Waterfront (Green - Hayman)
		Laura (Mercer - Roskin)
		Everything Happens To Me (Dennis - Adair)
B-3	14845	This Time The Dream's On Me (Mercer - Arlen)	6:25

Personnel

Personnel/recorded date/master numbers confirmed with the Ruppli's discography.
(“The Mercury Labels - A Discography” by Ruppli and Novitsky, Greenwood Press, 1993)

A-1, A-2:
Rolf Ericson (tp), Cecil Payne (bs), Duke Jordan (p), John Simmons (b), Art Taylor (ds).
Recorded in Stockholm, Sweden on May 30, 1956.

A-3:
same personnel as above.
Recorded in Stockholm, Sweden on June 1, 1956.

B-1, B-2, B-3:
same personnel as above.
Recorded in Stockholm, Sweden on June 4, 1956.

Jackets

Front	Back

Labels

Side A	Side B