Alice Babs - Jazzfuga (live i Hylands hörna 1963)

Hylands hörna (1963-01-19)
47.29-50.29

{intro}

0:42
Hör på mig ett tag ett slag i dag
mens jag helt vant försöker
analysera
denna lilla melodi som blivit till
mest på skämt, på skoj, på kul, på lek
å-som närmast torde föra tanken till Johann
Sebastian, å-en av hans fugor
men som också har nånting av rytm och sting
utav jazz, å-swing, bebop och cool
vad ni vill

Nu kommer sticket så jag är inte färdig
å-nu blir det besvär
hör bara noga på dethär
när jag tar andan och börjar å-vandra upp på skalan
upp i diskanten, å-det är tur att nu-är-det-slut

Men så kommer melodin igen
sjung med min vän
så lär du dig konsten
hur man liksom fågeln slår i skyn sin drill
mest på skämt, på skoj, på kul, på lek
vad ni viiiiill

Hör på mig ett tag ett slag i dag
mens jag he-lt vant, för-söker
analysera
denna lilla melodi som blivit till
mest på skämt, på skoj, på kul, på lek
å-som närmast torde föra tanken
till
Johann Sebastian, å-en av hans fugor
men som också har nånting av rytm och sting
utav jazz, å-swing, bebop och cool
vad ni vill

Nu kommer sticket så jag är inte färdig
men nu blir det besvär
hör bara noga på dethär
när jag tar andan och börjar å-vandra upp på skalan
upp i diskanten, å-det är tur att nu-är-det-slut

Men så kom-mer melodin, igen
sjung med min vän
så lär du dig konsten
hur man liksom fågeln slår i skyn sin drill
mest på skämt, på skoj, på kul, på lek
vad ni viiiiill

{outro}

[mahoganyflagpole]

This melody is so unbelievably satisfying and her voice is butter

[nilsnilsson]

what a voice! Mrs Babs could make the angels cry and laugh of joy!

[IvadyLevente]

What is here happaning is something amazing! I studied jazz-singing, and I really don’t understand, why did I need to wait 20 years to meet her art!!!

[nilsolovjohansson]

My first was only 7 years old when I saw this on Television in -63.
I’m Swedish, so I can understand the lyrics!
She makes it soooo it’s “ Live “
But...it’s very hard...
Still love here ! She was an amazing artist !

[alonzogarbanzo]

Such effortless mastery and charm. Wow.

[kh]

This track appeared on an English late-sixties LP set from Polydor, called _Stereo Wonderland_ and I have played it many, many times over the years. Watching it here, sung live, I was not surprised to find that Alice sounded just as good in performance as she did on the record. I appreciate Rigmor Gustaffson, too—and for similar reasons.

[peterwrohr]

English lyrics below:
Listen to me for a while, for a bit, today
while I vaguely try to analyze
this little melody which has come to be
mostly as a joke, for fun, as a game
and which almost ought to make you think of
Johann Sebastian and one of his fugues,
but which also has something of rhythm and sting,
of jazz and swing, bebop and cool, whatever you want

Here comes the bridge, so I'm not done
and now there's trouble ahead, just listen closely to this,
when I draw breath and begin to wander up the scale,
up the treble and luckily it's over now

But then the melody comes back again,
sing with me my friend and you'll learn the art,
how to trill like the bird in the sky
mostly as a joke, for fun, as a game, whatever you want

Listen to me for a while, for a bit, today
while I vaguely try to analyze
this little melody which has come to be
mostly as a joke, for fun, as a game
and which almost ought to make you think of
Johann Sebastian and one of his fugues,
but which also has something of rhythm and sting,
of jazz and swing, bebop and cool, whatever you want

Here comes the bridge, so I'm not done
but now there's trouble ahead, just listen closely to this,
when I draw breath and begin to wander up the scale,
up the treble and luckily it's over now

But then the melody comes back again,
sing with me my friend and you'll learn the art,
how to trill like the bird in the sky
mostly as a joke, for fun, as a game, whatever you want

[calbackk]

I never saw this before. Alice was a superstar. Thank you for uploading.

[signerudbergselin]

Alica Babs the greatest jazz star of Sweden, all time. Here I think 1963 or so.

[oskarvikstrom]

Underbart bra! Alice Babs gjorde det som få klarar idag utan autotune.

[keithmoon]

Nevermind Abba or Roxette, this is the real Swedish Pop.

[GLPMusic]

This is a great number -- and she is an excellent talent. Would anybody be able to translate the lyrics?

[peterwrohr]

Dies ist eigentlich mein Lieblungsmusikstück in meinem ganzen Leben. Sie war die beste Jazzsängerin aller Zeiten. Die Studioaufnahme ist sogar noch besser aber nicht auf YouTube.

[matseriksson]

Alice's daughter, Titti Sjöblom, is pretty talented too.
However, nowhere near as famous.

[jourwalis-]

Det är inte riktigt synk mellan bild och ljud här.