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''Swedish Pastry'' is a live jazz album by Benny Goodman featuring recordings of Goodman and his then-newly formed septet recorded in 1948 during a two-week set at the Frank Palumbo's Click Club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The septet included a young Swedish clarinetist Stan Hasselgård, tenor-saxophonist
Wardell Gray Wardell Gray (February 13, 1921 – May 25, 1955) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist who straddled the swing and bebop periods. Biography Early years Gray was born in Oklahoma City, the youngest of four children. He spent his early chil ...
, and pianist
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. The septet was short-lived as Hasselgård died later that year. The LP was released in 1978.


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1978 live albums Benny Goodman albums {{1970s-jazz-album-stub