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.