STUDIO JAZZ MIT ALICE BABS (Electrola, D, 1959).
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ALICE BABS - FUGA / St LOUIS BLUES TWIST (Brunswick, D, 1963)
Summer is back, it's sunny and warm here in Belgium, a condition which is not conducive to blogging (and also potentially disastrous for our farmers who have to cope with a severe drought threatening their crops).
I have a whole pile of records awaiting to be ripped but the weather is too fine to stay inside. Luckily, Ernst, of Inconstant Sol fame and a regular provider of material for this blog, - recently sent me rips of two long-forgotten 45 rpm singles of Swedish singer Alice Babs. They should be of interest to fans of European Jazz and Female vocalists.
Here they are:
ALICE BABS "STUDIO JAZZ MIT ALICE BABS"
Alice Babs, vocals
Kurt Becker, vibes, flute
Willy Schweden, guitar
Paul Kuhn, piano
Johnny Fischer, bass
Stuff Combe, drums
1. I Could Write A Book (Rodgers/Hart) 5:33
2. A Sailboat In The Moonlight (Loeb) 5:39
Recorded in Cologne, Germany on May 15, 1959 (track 2).
Side A most likely second half of 1958 or first months of 1959.
B1 - Willy Schweden (g) most likely overdubbed on May 15, 1959 (Walter Bruyninckx) [info from discogs]
ELECTROLA E 41206
ALICE BABS MED BENGT HALLBERG TRIO "ST. LOUIS BLUES TWIST"
This one is in a more commercial vein. We're in 1963, in the middle of the Twist craze (at least in Europe) and"twist" records were selling like hot buns.
I assume Ms Babs (or her producer ...) wanted to give it a try hoping for a piece of the cake.
Alice Babs, vocalsBengt Hallberg, piano
Lars "Lasse" Pettersson, bass
Sture Kallin, drums
for "Jazz Fuga" add Bengt Hallberg Orchestra.
1. St. Louis Blues Twist (Handy) 3:13
2. Jazz Fuga (Kirk/Sjöblom) 2:44
Track 1 recorded in Stockholm, Sweden on January 21, 1963.
Track 2 recorded in Stockholm, Sweden on October 8, 1963.
BRUNSWICK 12 987 (german edition)
Discographical info from Discogs.
With thanks to Ernst.
Summer is back, it's sunny and warm here in Belgium, a condition which is not conducive to blogging (and also potentially disastrous for our farmers who have to cope with a severe drought threatening their crops).
ALICE BABS "STUDIO JAZZ MIT ALICE BABS"
Alice Babs, vocals
Kurt Becker, vibes, flute
Willy Schweden, guitar
Paul Kuhn, piano
Johnny Fischer, bass
Stuff Combe, drums
1. I Could Write A Book (Rodgers/Hart) 5:33
2. A Sailboat In The Moonlight (Loeb) 5:39
Recorded in Cologne, Germany on May 15, 1959 (track 2).
Side A most likely second half of 1958 or first months of 1959.
B1 - Willy Schweden (g) most likely overdubbed on May 15, 1959 (Walter Bruyninckx) [info from discogs]
ELECTROLA E 41206
ALICE BABS MED BENGT HALLBERG TRIO "ST. LOUIS BLUES TWIST"
This one is in a more commercial vein. We're in 1963, in the middle of the Twist craze (at least in Europe) and"twist" records were selling like hot buns.I assume Ms Babs (or her producer ...) wanted to give it a try hoping for a piece of the cake.
Alice Babs, vocalsBengt Hallberg, piano
Lars "Lasse" Pettersson, bass
Sture Kallin, drums
for "Jazz Fuga" add Bengt Hallberg Orchestra.
1. St. Louis Blues Twist (Handy) 3:13
2. Jazz Fuga (Kirk/Sjöblom) 2:44
Track 1 recorded in Stockholm, Sweden on January 21, 1963.
Track 2 recorded in Stockholm, Sweden on October 8, 1963.
BRUNSWICK 12 987 (german edition)
Discographical info from Discogs.
With thanks to Ernst.
