Chapter Seven
Thums Up (LP)
FormatLPLabelCaprice RecordsGenreJazz & Improvisation
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Big Tip! Luxurious 180-gram LP in a special edition on yellow vinyl. Bengt 'Beche' Berger is undoubtedly one of the most formidable forces of Swedish jazz. Ever since the 70s, he has been involved in developing and renewing the music. You can hear him on albums with Arbete & Fritid, Rena Rama, Don Cherry, Bernt Rosengren and more, to name just a few in addition to all his own projects. Beche is a true musical master who operates far beyond genre boundaries! He recently turned 80 but continues to work with an energy that makes a 30-year-old feel infirm.
Chapter Seven was formed by Beche, and among the members you will find further great trendsetters and heroes from the Swedish jazz scene: the saxophonists and pioneers Lennart Åberg, Roland Keijser and Thomas Gustafsson, the trombonist Nils Landgren who was at the very beginning of his magnificent career, the bassists Anders Jormin and Sergei Muchin, as well as Anders Kjellberg and Beche himself behind the drums.
Lennart and Roland recently passed away, so it’s extra rewarding to highlight their great playing on this album.
Format
Track A1 recorded at UNM, Historiska museet, Stockholm, 9 February, 1966.
Track A2 recorded by Sveriges Radio in December 1965, and broadcasted as part of the radio programme Jazzforum on 15 January1966.
Track B recorded at Dans In, Gröna Lund, Stockholm by Sveriges Radio on 24 July, 1967, and broadcasted on 30 August, 1967.
Gatefold sleeve, also housing an eight-page booklet with liner notes and an interview, both in Swedish and English.
Release notes
The album is named after an Indian soft drink (it is spelled like this!) and it is the only album released by the group Chapter Seven, a Swedish jazz group led by [a493884], from the late eighties. The album won the Swedish jazz Grammy for 1989. Recorded at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, Norway December 6 & 7, 1987 and mixed December 8-9, 1987 Hype sticker on shrink wrap: Limited Edition Yellow 180g Vinyl First Time on Vinyl Release date from the record company web site.
| A1 | The Opener/Closer | ||
| A2 | From La Belle Helen | ||
| A3 | 8 Limited | ||
| A4 | Thums Up | ||
| A5 | Penye Gahu | ||
| B1 | Först '83 | ||
| B2 | Kora Song | ||
| B3 | Kopula de Tri | ||
| B4 | Babar | ||
| B5 | The Opener/Closer |
- Ulf Andersson
- Cover
- Torbjörn Zetterberg
- Design
- Anders Jormin
- Double Bass
- Sergei Muchin
- Double Bass
- Anders Kjellberg
- Drums, Percussion
- Jan-Erik Kongshaug
- Engineer, Mixed By
- Ruud De Sera
- Producer
- Bengt Berger
- Producer, Drums, Percussion
- Jonas Kullhammar
- Producer, Remastered By
- Lennart Åberg
- Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone
- Roland Keijser
- Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone
- Thomas Gustafson
- Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Percussion
- Nils Landgren
- Trombone
