This Prophone double disc, covering most of the late Alice Babs career, reacquaints fans with this fantastic voice of Swedish jazz. Disc 1 focuses on songs sung in Swedish, disc 2 containing songs sung in English. One of Alice's many collaborators, Duke Ellington, composed several works in a sacred style especially for her. When these same works were performed without Ms. Babs, it took three different singers to cover the entire register. Alice Babs was named singer to the royal court in 1972, the first who had not come from an operatic background. Her final retreat from the stage came in 1980.

Tracklist:

Jag Har En Liten Radiola
Stigbergsgatan 8
Adress Rosenhill
Två Hjärtan I Swing
Regntunga Skyar
En Gång Jag Seglar I Hamn
På Söndag
How Do You Do, Mr Swing
Vårat Gäng
Killen Är Crazy
Puck,Muck, Mack, Jack, Pim, Tim,
Lille Prins Sol
Hey Diddle-Diddle
Jag Undrar Vem
Ha Ha Ha
17 Sjung Och Le
Ett Glatt Humör
Jitterbug Från Söder
Gå Opp Och Pröva Dina Vingar
God Bless The Child
Nobody Knows The Trouble I've See
What A Joy
Ev´ry Time I Feel The Spirit
Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherles Child
Yesterday
Close To You
Said The Willow Tree
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
In A Mellow Tone
Vocalise
Freedom I
There's Something About Me
Warm Valley
It Don't Mean A Thing

UPC: 822359001473
Label: Prophone
Release Date: 5.26.15
Format: CD

Alice Babs - What a Joy (2 CD)