Alice Babs: 100 years – The Caprice Collection

Alice Babs, Duke Ellington, Nisse Linds Hot Trio, Thore Ehrlings orkester, Estrads Elitorkester, Erik Franks kvintett, Parisorkestern 1949, Arne Domnérus orkester, Bengt Hallberg trio, Nils Lindberg, Rolf Ericson

In the year 2024, Swedish jazz vocalist Alice Babs would have turned 100 years old! We’re celebrating this by releasing a digital compilation album with all her gems from Caprice Music’s catalogue – they’re not many, but they’re darn good! And the selection shows her development over a large part of her illustrious career, from the very earliest tentative notes in the late 1930s, to her legendary collaboration with jazz giant Duke Ellington in the 1970s.

This extensive compilation album is available to stream and download on most digital outlets, such as Spotify and Tidal.


The tracks on this compilation are taken from the following Caprice Music releases:

– Svensk jazzhistoria vol 3 1937-1939 – Rytm och swing (CAP 22039)
– Svensk jazzhistoria vol 4 1940-1942 – Beredskaps-swing (CAP 22040)
– Svensk jazzhistoria vol 5 1943-1947 – Jazzen anfaller (CAP 22026)
– Svensk jazzhistoria vol 6 1947-1951 – Cream of the Crop (CAP 22041)
– Svensk jazzhistoria vol 8 1956-1959 – Topsy Theme (CAP 22049)
– Svensk jazzhistoria vol 9 1960-1964 – Brand New! (CAP 22050)
– Duke Ellington – In Sweden 1973 (CAP 21599)

Producer: Erik Hamrefors
Cover image: Midjourney AI

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    • 1.
      Jag har en liten Radiola Music: Jules Sylvain

    • 2.
      Some of These Days Music: Shelton Brooks

    • 3.
      How Do You Do, Mr. Swing Music: Sven Paddock

    • 4.
      You're Driving Me Crazy Music: Walter Donaldson

    • 5.
      Diga Diga Doo Music: Jimmy McHugh-Fields

    • 6.
      I Want Music Music: Charles Norman

    • 7.
      One Hundred Per Cent Music: Povel Ramel

    • 8.
      Truckin' Music: Rube Bloom-Koehler

    • 9.
      Wabash Blues Music: Fred Meinken-Day-Hunter

    • 10.
      Undecided Music: Charles Shavers-Robin

    • 11.
      Sugar Music: Maceo Pinkard-Mitchell-Alexander

    • 12.
      New Orleans Music: Hoagy Carmichael

    • 13.
      I Didn't Know About You Music: Duke Ellington

    • 14.
      Satin Doll Music: Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn

    • 15.
      Serenade to Sweden Music: Duke Ellington

    • 16.
      Checkered Hat Music: Norris Turner, Judy Spencer

    • 17.
      Spacemen Music: Duke Ellington

    • 18.
      Jeep's Blues Music: Duke Ellington

    • 19.
      There's Something About Me Music: Duke Ellington

    • 20.
      Somebody Cares Music: Duke Ellington

    • 21.
      Take the A Train Music: Billy Strayhorn

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CAP 80028 // Jazz // Releasedate: 13 May, 2024