Thursday 03.07.14
Old Kongsberg cinema
Alice Babs - Swing it!
Concert start: 14:00
Price single ticket: Free,
Portrait of Alice Babs, one of Swedish popular culture's greatest personalities for many decades. She died in February this year, aged 90. First and foremost, she was known as a jazz artist and actress, and her big breakthrough came in the film Swing it Magisteren in 1940. She collaborated with a number of the greatest in Nordic jazz such as Svend Asmunssen, Charlie Norman, but primarily she is remembered for many years collaboration with Duke Ellington.
(Naturrösten's Secret)
Director: Lasse Zackrisson, Sweden 2008, 80 min