Jazz at the Pawnshop is a multi-session recording made by
Gert Palmcrantz
Gert Palmcrantz (born 1 February 1938) is one of the most distinguished sound engineers in Sweden. He commenced his career in the late 1950s, at the gramophone studios of Europa Film. In 1976 Palmcrantz recorded Sweden's best-selling jazz record ...
on December 6–7, 1976, at
Jazzpuben Stampen (
Pawnshop
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) in
Stockholm, Sweden
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. A
pawnshop
A pawnbroker is an individual or business (pawnshop or pawn shop) that offers secured loans to people, with items of personal property used as collateral. The items having been ''pawned'' to the broker are themselves called ''pledges'' or ...
had operated on the site prior to the jazz club.
Proprius Records founder Jacob Boethius produced the album, and it has been issued at least five times under multiple labels and formats. The album is regarded by many
audiophile
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s as one of the best sounding jazz recordings of the 20th Century.
Artists
The recording features
Arne Domnérus, alto sax, clarinet;
Bengt Hallberg
Bengt Hallberg (13 September 1932 – 2 July 2013) was a Swedish jazz pianist, composer and arranger.John Fordha"Bengt Hallberg obituary" theguardian.com, 7 August 2013
Born in Gothenburg, he studied classical piano from an early age, and wro ...
, piano;
Lars Erstrand
Lars Erstrand (27 September 1936 Uppsala, Sweden – 11 March 2009) was a Swedish vibraphonist.
Career
Erstrand began his musical life on piano, but after hearing Lionel Hampton he changed to vibraphone. During the 1960s he joined a band led by c ...
, vibes;
Georg Riedel, bass; and
Egil Johansen, drums.
Original release
Proprius Records originally released a 180-gram, 2-LP
vinyl
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recording (Prop 7778-79) in 1977. This version of the album featured the following tracks:
Disc 1
Disc 2
References
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1977 albums
Jazz albums by Swedish artists