Helen Humes 1927-1945 (1996)(Full album)

Описание: Tracklist
00:00 1 Helen Humes – Black Cat Blues
Written-By – Humes
03:11 2 Helen Humes – A Worried Woman's Blues
Written-By – Humes
06:10 3 Helen Humes – If Papa Has Outside Lovin'
Written-By – Johnson
08:58 4 Helen Humes – Do What You Did Last Night
Written-By – Razaf, Johnson
11:54 5 Helen Humes – Everybody Does It Now
Written-By – Hughes
14:54 6 Helen Humes – Cross-eyed Blues
Written-By – Williams
18:03 7 Helen Humes – Garlic Blues
Written-By – Williams
21:02 8 Helen Humes – Alligator Blues
Written-By – Williams
24:02 9 Helen Humes – Nappy Headed Blues
Written-By – Weaver
27:01 10 Helen Humes – Race Horse Blues
Written-By – Williams
30:02 11 Pete Brown And His Band – Mound Bayou
Written-By – Razaf, Feather
32:46 12 Pete Brown And His Band – Unlucky Woman
Written-By – Feather
36:00 13 Pete Brown And His Band – Gonna Buy Me A Telephone
Written By [Miscredited] – Williams - Price - King
Written By [Uncredited] – Feather - White
Written-By [Uncredited] – Feather
39:07 14 Helen Humes, Leonard Feather's Hiptet – I Would If I Could
Written-By – Feather
42:08 15 Helen Humes, Leonard Feather's Hiptet – Keep Your Mind On Me
Written-By – Feather
45:02 16 Helen Humes, Leonard Feather's Hiptet – Fortune Tellin' Man
Written-By – Coots, Davis
48:19 17 Helen Humes, Leonard Feather's Hiptet – Suspicious Blues
Written-By – Feather
51:26 18 Helen Humes, Bill Doggett Octet – Unlucky Woman
Written-By – Feather
55:22 19 Helen Humes, Bill Doggett Octet – Every Now And Then
Written-By – Lewis, Sherman
58:41 20 Helen Humes, Bill Doggett Octet – He May Be Your Man
Written-By – Humes
01:01:41 21 Helen Humes, Bill Doggett Octet – Blue Prelude
Written-By – Jenkins, Bishop
01:04:53 22 Helen Humes, Bill Doggett Octet – Be-Baba-Leba
Written-By – Humes

Alto Saxophone – John Brown (tracks: 18 to 22), Pete Brown (tracks: 11 to 13)
Alto Saxophone, Clarinet – Herbie Fields (tracks: 14 to 17)
Baritone Saxophone – Ernest Thompson (tracks: 18 to 22)
Bass – Alfred Moore (tracks: 18 to 22), Charlie Drayton (tracks: 11 to 13), Oscar Pettiford (tracks: 14 to 17)
Clarinet – Jimmy Hamilton (tracks: 11 to 13)
Drums – Charles Harris (tracks: 18 to 22), Denzil Best (tracks: 14 to 17), Ray Nathan(tracks: 11 to 13)
Guitar – Chuck Wayne (tracks: 14 to 17), Elmer Warner (tracks: 18 to 22), Lonnie Johnson (tracks: 1, 2), Sylvester Weaver (tracks: 6 to 10), Walter Beasley (tracks: 6 to 10)
Liner Notes [May 1996] – Anatol Schenker
Piano – Bill Doggett (tracks: 18 to 22), J.C. Johnson (tracks: 3 to 5), Leonard Feather (tracks: 14 to 17), Sam Price (tracks: 11 to 13)
Piano [Poss.] – De Loise Searcy (tracks: 1, 2)
Tenor Saxophone – Prince Robinson (tracks: 14 to 17), Wild Bill Moore (tracks: 18 to 22)
Trumpet – Bobby Stark (tracks: 14 to 17), Dizzy Gillespie (tracks: 11 to 13), Ross Butler (tracks: 18 to 22)
Vocals – Helen Humes
Written-By – Helen Humes (tracks: 1, 2, 20)

Label: Classics – CLASSICS 892
Series: The Classics Chronological Series – 892
Country: France
Released: 1996
Genre: Jazz, Blues

1927-1945 Review by Scott Yanow
When she was just 13 and 14 years old, Helen Humes made her recording debut, cutting ten risque, double entendre-filled blues, naughty tunes that she later claimed to understand at the time. Until the release of this Classics CD in 1996, those numbers (which have backup in various settings by either De Loise Searcy or J.C. Johnson on piano, and Lonnie Johnson or the guitar duo team of Sylvester Weaver and Walter Beasley) had never been reissued on the same set before. Humes sounds fairly mature on the enjoyable blues sides. Her next session as a leader would not take place until 15 years later, when she was 28 and a veteran of Count Basie's Orchestra. The singer is heard here with groups in 1942 and 1944-1945, performing three numbers with altoist Pete Brown's sextet (a band including trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, who unfortunately does not solo), Leonard Feather's Hiptet (which has some rare solos from trumpeter Bobby Stark), and Bill Doggett's spirited octet. The latter date is highlighted by classic renditions of "He May Be Your Man" and "Be-Baba-Leba." Highly recommended.

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