Åke Persson

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
With Benny Bailey With Count Basie With the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band With Duke Ellington With Stan Getz With Benny Golson With Quincy Jones With Herbie Mann With Mark Murphy
 * Quincy - Here We Come (Metronome, 1959) - also released as The Music of Quincy Jones (Argo)
 * Basie in Sweden (Roulette, 1962)
 * Jazz Is Universal (Atlantic, 1962)
 * Handle with Care (Atlantic, 1963)
 * Now Hear Our Meanin' (Columbia, 1963 [1965])
 * Swing, Waltz, Swing (Philips, 1966)
 * Sax No End (SABA, 1967)
 * 17 Men and Their Music (Campi, 1967)
 * All Smiles (MPS, 1968)
 * Faces (MPS, 1968)
 * Latin Kaleidoscope (MPS, 1968)
 * Fellini 712 (MPS, 1969)
 * All Blues (MPS, 1969)
 * More Smiles (MPS, 1969)
 * Clarke Boland Big Band en Concert avec Europe 1 (Tréma, 1969 [1992])
 * Off Limits (Polydor, 1970)
 * November Girl (Black Lion, 1970 [1975]) – with Carmen McRae
 * Change of Scenes (Verve, 1971) – with Stan Getz
 * Live at the Opernhaus Cologne 1969 (Delta Music, 2016)
 * Imported from Europe (Verve, 1958)
 * Stockholm Sojourn (Prestige, 1974)
 * Jazz Abroad (Emarcy, 1955) also with Roy Haynes
 * Quincy's Home Again (Metronome, 1958) - also released as Harry Arnold + Big Band + Quincy Jones = Jazz! (EmArcy)
 * I Dig Dancers (Mercury, 1960)
 * Mann in the Morning (Prestige, 1956 [1958])


 * Midnight Mood (MPS, 1968)

With Oliver Nelson With Sahib Shihab With Jimmy Witherspoon
 * Berlin Dialogue for Orchestra (Flying Dutchman, 1970)
 * Summer Dawn (Argo, 1964)
 * Companionship (Vogue Schallplatten, 1964-70 [1971])
 * Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues (Prestige, 1964)