Alice Babs

 A Jazz Voice From Sweden that Is different and great !

14 never previously released recordings from 1960-1969 With The Bengt Hallberg Trio & The Arne Domnerus Big Band

Alice Babs (born Hildur Alice Nilson; 26 January 1924 – 11 February 2014) was a Swedish singer and actress. She worked in a wide number of genres – Swedish folklore, Elizabethan songs and opera. While she was best known internationally as a jazz singer, Babs also competed as Sweden's first annual competition entrant in the Eurovision Song Contest 1958. In 1972 she was named Sweden's Royal Court Singer, the first non-opera singer as such.

A long and productive period of collaboration with Duke Ellington began in 1963. Among other works, Babs participated in performances of Ellington's second and third Sacred Concerts which he had written originally for her. Her voice had a range of more than three octaves; Ellington said that when she was not available to sing the parts that he had written for her, he had to use three different singers.

In 1963, her recording of "After You've Gone" (Fontana) reached No. 43 in the British charts.

And a Brilliant recording it was should have reached higher !!!

1. Stormy Monday

2. I Didn't Know About You

3. How Deep Is The Ocean

4. No Word Blues

5. Can't We Be Friends

6. Cottage For Sale

7. Love is here To Stay

8. The Lady's In love With You

9. Many Tears Ago

10. If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight

11. If I Were Eve

12. More Understanding Than A Man

13. Flamingo

14. As Time Goes By

         4. No Word Blues