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Helen Humes: In Her Own Words
Helen Humes (voc) Buck Clayton (tp) John Hardee (ts) George Matthews (tb) Roger "Ram" Ramirez (p) Mundell Lowe (g) Walter Page (b) Jo Jones (dr) Buck Clayton (arr)...and more
Be Ba Ba Le Ba Boogie / Married Man Blues / Be-Bop Bounce / If I Could Be With You / I Don't Know His Name / Drive Me Daddy / Jet Propelled Papa / Blue and Sentimental / I Just Refuse to Sing the Blues / They Raided the Joint / Mad About You / Jumpin' on Sugar Hill / Flippity Flop Flop / Today I Sing the Blues / Time Out for Tears / Married Man Blues / Somebody Loves Me / Don't Fall in Love with Me / I've Got the Strangest Feeling / Free
Helen Humes ist eine der ganz großen Jazz Sängerinnen ihrer Zeit. Es ist eine Freude, ihren heiteren Stil zu hören - ganz gleich ob mit Blues, Swing–Standards oder Balladen. Die 55 Minuten Laufzeit bieten chronologisch ihre kompletten Aufnahmen von 1946 – 1949. Gutes Remastering - Ausführliches Booklet - CD mit MultiMedia Track (Biografie, Diskografie, Informationen, Fotos)
Ocium /rec 1946-48 /Mainstream/Klassiker / /CDs: 1
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HELEN HUMES & HER ALL-STARS :
Helen Humes (vcl); unknown (tp); Edward Hale (as); Wild Bill Moore, William
Woodman (ts); Eddie Beal (p), Meade Lux Lewis (on 1 only); Irving Ashby (g);
Red Callender (b); Chico Hamilton (d).
Los Angeles, 1946
1. Be Ba Ba Le Ba Boogie (Humes) Black & White BW-250 (2:44)
2. Married Man Blues (Humes-Woods) " BW-251 (2:58)
3. Be-Bop Bounce (Horne) " BW-252 (2:22)
HELEN HUMES with BUCK CLAYTON & HIS ALL STARS :
Helen Humes (vcl); Buck Clayton (tp); with probably Charlie Beal (p), Barney Kessel (g),
Red Callender (b), unknown (d).
Los Angeles, May 1946
4. If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)
(Creamer-Johnson) Black & White BW-414 (2:43)
5. I Don't Know His Name (Humes) " BW-415 (2:43)
6. Drive Me Daddy (Humes) " BW-416 (3:01)
HELEN HUMES & BUCK CLAYTON's ORCHESTRA :
Helen Humes (vcl); Buck Clayton (tp, arr.); John Hardee (ts); George Matthews (tb); Roger "Ram" Ramirez (p); Mundell Lowe (g), Walter Page (b); Jo Jones (d).
New York, June 24, 1947
7. Jet Propelled Papa (Humes-Williams) Mercury mx 859-4 (2:46)
8. Blue and Sentimental (Basie-Livingstone-David) " mx 860-1 (3:14)
9. I Just Refuse to Sing the Blues (Ramirez) " mx 861-5 (2:04)
10. They Raided the Joint (Burley-Jordan) " mx 862-4 (2:57)
HELEN HUMES & BUCK CLAYTON's ORCHESTRA :
Helen Humes (vcl); Buck Clayton (tp, arr.); Rudy Williams (ts), Scoville Brown (cl); Teddy Wilson (p); Mundell Lowe (g); Jimmy Butts (b); unknown (d).
New York, December 31, 1947
11. Mad About You (Ramirez-Bishop) Mercury mx 1641-5 (3:04)
12. Jumpin' on Sugar Hill (Gooden-Humes) " mx 1642-1 (2:59)
13. Flippity Flop Flop (Weir) " mx 1643-3 (2:44)
14. Today I Sing the Blues (Lewis-Humes) " mx 1644-3 (2:27)
Some sources lists Denzil Best as possible drummer for this session
HELEN HUMES
Helen Humes (vcl); with probably Scoville Brown (cl), Mundell Lowe (g), unknown (b), (d).
New York, May 18, 1948
15. Time Out for Tears (Berman-Schiff) Mercury mx 1810 (3:18)
16. Married Man Blues (Humes-Woods) (*) " mx 1811 (3:13)
17. Somebody Loves Me (Gershwin-DeSylva) " mx 1812 (2:27)
18. Don't Fall in Love with Me (Hunter) " mx 1813 (3:05)
(*) Probably Buck Clayton on muted trumpet solo
HELEN HUMES & THE CONTRASTORS
Helen Humes (vcl); with unknown (p, celeste), (g), (b), (d);The Contrastors (vcl) (*)
Probably New York, December 13, 1948
19. I've Got the Strangest Feeling (Bevell-Guy) Mercury mx 2142 (3:09)
20. Free (Gallop-Saxon) " mx 2143 (2:24)
(*) Possibly overdubbed at a later session
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