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 released on CD in 2017 by Real gone music.

Serenade to Sweden
Studio album by
Released1966
RecordedFebruary 28 & March 1, 1963
GenreJazz
LabelReprise
Duke Ellington chronology
Duke Ellington's Jazz Violin Session
(1963)
Serenade to Sweden
(1966)
Studio Sessions New York 1963
(1963)

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Duke Ellington except as noted

No.TitleWriter(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 Russell4:10
9."Satin Doll"Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer2:55
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 James2:38
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

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References

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  1. ^ A Duke Ellington Panorama accessed June 14, 2010