Serenade to Sweden

Studio album by Duke Ellington & Alice Babs

Released

1966

Recorded

February 28 & March 1, 1963

Duke Ellington chronology

Duke Ellington's Jazz Violin Session
(1963)

Serenade to Sweden
(1963)

Studio Sessions New York 1963
(1963)

Serenade to Sweden is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington and vocalist Alice Babs recorded in 1963 and released on the Reprise label in 1966.^[1] The album was Alice Babs debut and has yet to be released on CD.

Track listing

All tracks written by Duke Ellington except as noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Serenade to Sweden"		3:10
2.	"The Boy in My Dreams"		2:30
3.	"Stoona"		2:53
4.	"La De Doody Doo"		2:15
5.	"Azure"		2:50
6.	"Come Sunday"		4:50
7.	"C Jam Blues"		2:36
8.	"I Didn't Know About You"	Ellington, Bob Russell	4:10
9.	"Satin Doll"	Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer	2:55
10.	"Take Love Easy"		3:22
11.	"Babsie"		2:05
12.	"(I Want) Something to Live For"		2:48
13.	"I'm Beginning to See the Light"	Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James	2:38
14.	"Untitled Lullaby"		2:33

Recorded at Studio Hoche, Paris on February 28 (tracks 5, 9 & 14) and March 1 (tracks 1-4, 6-8 & 10-13), 1963.

Personnel

Duke Ellington – piano (tracks 1-11, 13 & 14)
Alice Babs - vocals
Unknown - french horn (tracks 5, 9 & 14)
Billy Strayhorn - piano (track 12)
Kenny Clarke (tracks 1-4, 6-8 & 10-13), Gilbert Rovere (tracks 5, 9 & 14) - bass
Sam Woodyard - drums

References

↑ A Duke Ellington Panorama accessed June 14, 2010

Duke Ellington

Studio albums

Live albums

Collaborations

with Alice Babs	Serenade to Sweden

with Count Basie	First Time! The Count Meets the Duke

with Teresa Brewer	It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing

with Rosemary Clooney	Blue Rose

with John Coltrane	Duke Ellington & John Coltrane

with Ella Fitzgerald	Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook Ella at Duke's Place The Stockholm Concert, 1966 Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur

with Coleman Hawkins	Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins

with Frank Sinatra	Francis A. & Edward K.

Compositions

"All Too Soon"
"Azure"
"Black and Tan Fantasy"
"Black, Brown and Beige"
"C Jam Blues"
"Cotton Tail"
"Day Dream"
"Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue"
"Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me"
"Don't Get Around Much Anymore"
"Drop Me Off in Harlem"
"Echoes of Harlem"
"Everything But You"
"I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues"
"I Didn't Know About You"
"I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)"
"I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart"
"I'm Beginning to See the Light"
"I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So"
"In a Mellow Tone"
"In a Sentimental Mood"
"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"
"Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'"
"Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me)"
"Mood Indigo"
" Prelude to a Kiss"
"Rocks in My Bed"
"(In My) Solitude"
"Sophisticated Lady"

Billy Strayhorn compositions associated with Ellington	"Take the "A" Train" "Lush Life" "Chelsea Bridge" "Something to Live For" "Satin Doll" "Blood Count"

Juan Tizol compositions associated with Ellington	"Caravan" "Perdido"

Orchestra
members

Filmography

Discography

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