Humes,Helen Today I Sing The Blues 1944-1955 CD

I've been called a blues singer, a jazz singer, and a ballad singer - well, I'm all three, which means I'm just a singer. That is a quote that Helen Humes was fond of using throughout her career. She was, like many singers of her generation, Caucasian or African American, proud of her versatility and proud of her resistance to any kind of musical genre pigeon holing. Having said that, this collection of 28 of her recordings does indeed put her firmly into the blues genre, albeit blues with a definite Jazz bias. Playing with her across these various recording dates are, Conte Candoli, Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray, Chico Hamilton, Chuck Norris, Ernie Freeman, Jackie Kelso, Camille Howard, Roy Milton, Buck Clayton, Teddy Wilson, Maxwell Davis, Lester Young, Bill Doggett and even more. How cool is that list. This CD contains several of her jukebox hit records like "Be-Baba-Leba", "Million Dollar Secret".

1. Be-Baba-Leba 2. Voo-It 3. Central Avenue Boogie 4. He DonÆt Love Me Anymore 5. Pleasing Man Blues 6. ItÆs Better To Give Than To Receive 7. Jet Propelled Papa 8. They Raided The Joint 9. Mad About You 10. Flippity Flop Flop 11. JumpinÆ On Sugar Hill 12. Today I Sing The Blues 13. Married Man Blues 14. DonÆt Fall In Love With Me 15. IÆve Got The Strangest Feeling 16. Free 17. Million Dollar Secret 18. Airplane Blues 19. HelenÆs Advice 20. The Laziest Gal In Town 21. Hey, Hey Baby 22. All Night Long 23. Loud TalkinÆ Woman 24. They Raided The Joint 25. Woojamacooja 26. All I Ask Is Your Love 27. Real Fine Daddy 28. IÆll Surrender Anytime