Thursday 03.07.14

Alice Babs - Swing it!

Concert starts: 14:00 Price single ticket: Free,

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

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