Bernt Rosengren Quartet / Quintet – Surprise Party (Vinyl LP | DK Original | 1983)

Bernt Rosengren Quartet / Quintet – Surprise Party is an album by Swedish tenor saxophonist Bernt Rosengren on the Danish SteepleChase label (cat. no. SCS-1177). It was recorded on March 8, 1983 at Easy Sound Studio in Copenhagen, produced by Nils Winther with Niels Erik Lund as engineer. Rosengren plays standards and jazz classics by Miles Davis, Jackie McLean and Sonny Rollins with Horace Parlan, Jesper Lundgård and Aage Tanggaard; on two tracks guitarist Doug Raney joins to make it a quintet. This copy is the 1983 Danish original pressing.

Pressing details

• Label / Cat. no.: SteepleChase SCS-1177
• Format: Vinyl LP, Album
• Pressing: DK original
• Country: Denmark
• Year of this pressing: 1983
• Genre: Jazz, Hard Bop

Condition

• Condition: Second hand
• Media: VG+
• Cover: VG+

Graded to Goldmine standard (see Vinyl Grading). The images are our own scans of the actual copy for sale (SKU SH338).

Tracklist

Side A

1. Solar (Miles Davis)
2. I Should Care (Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston, Sammy Cahn)
3. Dr. Jackle (Jackie McLean)

Side B

1. Hip Walk (Bernt Rosengren)
2. Embraceable You (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
3. Airegin (Sonny Rollins)

Personnel

Quartet (side A, Hip Walk): Bernt Rosengren (tenor saxophone), Horace Parlan (piano), Jesper Lundgård (bass), Aage Tanggaard (drums).

Quintet (Embraceable You, Airegin): as above plus Doug Raney (guitar). Produced by Nils Winther; recorded by Niels Erik Lund.

FAQ

Why quartet / quintet?
Rosengren plays four tracks with his quartet; on "Embraceable You" and "Airegin" guitarist Doug Raney joins as the fifth musician.

Is this the original pressing?
Yes. This is the 1983 Danish first edition on SteepleChase, cat. no. SCS-1177.

What does Media VG+ / Cover VG+ mean?
VG+ (Very Good Plus) for the record means light signs of use that hardly affect playback. For the sleeve, VG+ means light wear. All grades are explained on our Vinyl Grading page.

Do you have more Bernt Rosengren records?
Right now we have no other record by him in the shop. More titles are in our Jazz collection.