Dragon hits eleven

Volume 11 is here – Lars Gullin; After Eight p.m. 1954/56 Dragon DRCD 410 – with seven unissued takes. The complete contents are:
After Eight P.M .- Mean To Me (take 2) - Medley: (Just Friends -Someone To Watch Over Me - Lover Man) - Half Nelson - Primula Veris (take 1) - Laburnum Vulgare (take 1) - Lotus Corniculatus (take 1) - Galium Verum (take2) - Perntz (take 1) - Perntz (take 2) - Jeepers Creepers (take 1) - Mean To Me (take 1) - Lover Come Back To Me (take 1) .

Another Esquire LP

This LP is not included in my discography: British Esquire 320: Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, James Moody; Tenor Contrasts. It contains Yellow Duck (session 50-01) with Zoot Sims and the James Moody tracks (51-03) The man I love, Again, Embraceable you and How deep is the ocean. It was reissued in 1986 in the Treasure Chest series. Thanks Ben!
Esquire Records was founded in 1947 by Carlo Krahmer. He recorded the new, modern British jazz and exchanged recordings with Dial and Prestige. Thus, Swedish musicians as Gullin, Domnérus and Hallberg were introduced in England with their own recordings as well as in sessions with guest like Stan Getz (Esquire 309), Clifford Brown (Esquire 322) and George Wallington (323). Read more about his company on this site that, alas, only lists the records made by Brits.

Naxos doubles

Budget label Naxos issued last year an Arne Domnérus CD with 20 recordings in chronological order from December 1950 to October 1951. All tunes where Gullin is preset are already available on Dragon DRCD 381. But a handful of Domnérus quartet tracks with (as usual) excellent piano by Gunnar Svensson may merit a purchase.

Italian reissue on vinyl

The 1959 Gil Cuppini session that produced Topsy and I'll Remember April originated on an Astraphon EP and a Broadway LP, later reissued on the Hollywood label. Now it has reappeared as Dejavu djv 2000037, still on vinyl.

The overlooked compilation

Few may have noticed – I didn't – the existence of a sampler with gems from the magnificent ten volumes Swedish Jazz 1928–1969. But it was published in 2006 as a single CD, simply called Compilation. It offers a nice selection, including the Paramount Orchestra from 1928, the Swedish Hot Quintette with Emil Iwring on violin and Stan Hasselgard in his classic masterpiece All the things you are.
And four tracks featuring Lars Gullin: Barit with the Domnérus band (50-08), Bengt Halbergs group with Side Car (53-17), Gullin's own Fedja (56-09) and Nils Lindberg's Brand New (60-03).
Look for Caprice CAP 21777.