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Åke Persson
Person · male · Sweden · Hässleholm · born 1932 · died 1975 · recording since 1959
Swedish musician
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Also known as Ake Persson · オキ・ペルソン
Timeline
7 events▣ Album 3◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1✦ Award 1† Death 1
1930s
1950s
· Debut release
Debut release: Quincy - Here We Come
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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1970s
2000s
Biography
English biography155 words · 2 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1363308610
Biography
Åke Persson (February 25, 1932 – February 5, 1975) was a Swedish bebop jazz trombonist.
Biography
Persson was born in Hässleholm, southern Sweden and started his music career by playing valve trumpet in school.
Persson, known as "the Comet" (or "Kometen"), moved to Stockholm in 1951, where he played in Simon Brehm's quintet (1951–1954). Following this Persson worked with Arne Domnérus, Hacke Björksten, Harry Arnold's Radio Band (1956–1961), Quincy Jones, Lars Gullin, the RIAS Berlin band (1961–1975), and the Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band (1963–1971). Persson played with many American musicians, including George Wallington, Roy Haynes, Benny Bailey, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, and Dizzy Gillespie. He led several sessions for labels such as Metronome, Philips, and EmArcy in the 1950s.
Persson drowned in the Djurgården canal in central Stockholm in February 1975; he had driven his car into the canal either accidentally or deliberately. There is a book trombonist Åke Persson written by author Bo Carlsson.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 3 | 77.1th |
| Studio albums | 3 | 80.9th |
| Awards recorded | 1 | 89th |
| Timeline events | 7 | 82.6th |
| Recording span (years) | 16 | 37.8th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (3 release groups · 3 studio albums)
Albums · 3
1959 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks
A1The Golden TouchA2Jones BeachA3The Midnight Sun Never SetsA4I'm GoneB1Meet Benny BaileyB2Count 'emB3Fallen FeathersB4Plenty, Plenty Soul2004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:14:24
1The Golden Touch3:032I'm Gone5:153Jones Beach4:524The Midnight Sun Never Sets4:555Meet Benny Bailey2:496Plenty, Plenty Soul3:337Fallen Feathers3:348Count'em7:329The Harry Arnold Orchestra: Sister Sadie4:2410The Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Horn4:3911Tea For Two3:1612On The Sunny Side Of The Street3:5313On Easy Street3:0114Frosty Summer4:1715Image3:3316I Remember You3:2317That Old Magic4:0418Pennies from Heaven4:212008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 40:53
1Trombone Suit9:352Mother Someplace7:233Uli's Dance4:414Ice - Nine9:515A Certain Beauty9:23
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Åke Persson head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 3 | 77.1th |
| Studio albums | 3 | 80.9th |
| Awards recorded | 1 | 89th |
| Timeline events | 7 | 82.6th |
| Recording span (years) | 16 | 37.8th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Gyllene Skivan | won |
Where this record comes from
aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a6722684-ef61-4e64-9ad9-7cc6ea3f2760discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a6722684-ef61-4e64-9ad9-7cc6ea3f2760core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188208genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188208seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%85ke_Perssonbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%85ke_Persson
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Swedish musicians
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Wikidata: Q188208 · MusicBrainz: a6722684-ef61-4e64-9ad9-7cc6ea3f2760
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