Strange Visitor
“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…
Serenade to Sweden in Paris 1963
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 1963
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…
New CD from Maison de Duke
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.…
Johnny Hodges med Ellington i Borlänge 12 juni 1963
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.…
Duke i Borlänge 12 juni 1963
PÅ SVENSKA Borlänge in the center of Sweden was one of the stops during Ellington’s long tour of Sweden in June 1963. On the 12th June, the band played in…