Category: Duke Ellington 1963

Duke Ellington arrived at Malmö Airport from Paris on 3 March to start the Nordic leg of his 1963 Spring tour of Europe. In the same evening, he gave a…

There was hardly any reviews of Ellington’s week at Gröna Lund. I remember one in Dagens Nyheter, which I read at the time. Unfortunately, I have not been able to…

Duke Ellington spent the whole month of June 1963 in Sweden. He arrived at the Stockholm-Arlanda airport on May 31, where Swedish Radio made a short interview with him. Ellington…

Ellington spent a lot of time in Europe in 1963, both in the early Spring and in the summer. It is well-documented both by CDs and on tapes circulating among…

Serenade To Sweden take 7 IN ENGLISH Det skulle dröja ända tills 1966 innan inspelningarna från Studio Hoche i Paris den 28 februari och 1 mars 1963 gavs ut av…

“Strange Visitor” is one of the songs in the “Serenade To Sweden” album. It is a song that Alice Babs herself wrote (“possibly already in the early 50’s”, she have…

IN ENGLISH Tillsammans med TV-programmet Indigo markerar skivan ”Serenade To Sweden” början på samarbetet mellan Alice Babs och Ellington. Den spelades in i Paris i slutet av februari och början…

Indigo! This very word makes you think about Duke Ellington’s music. It has been used in some of his song-titles but in 1963, Swedish Television used this word as a…

Ellington ended the extensive European tour in January-February 1963 with taking on his role as artistic director of Reprise Records. He did so by supervising five recording sessions in Paris.…

Den 8 april 2016 publicerade vi en artikel om Ellingtons framträdande i Borlänge Folkets Park den 12 juni 1963. Artikeln illustrerades med fyra foton från tillfället tagna av Olle Lindholm.…