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Helen Humes (June 23, 1913 – September 9, 1981) was an American singer. Humes was a teenage blues singer, a vocalist with Count Basie 's band, a saucy R&B diva, and a mature interpreter of the classic popular song.
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Helen Humes arrive dans les années 1930 à New York. En 1937, elle enregistre avec l’orchestre d’ Harry James 3. Elle est ensuite chanteuse dans le big band de Count Basie 4. Elle participe avec lui au fameux concert From Spirituals to Swing organisé en 1938 par John Hammond au Carnegie Hall 5 .
Ces concerts comprennent des performances réalisées par la crème des musiciens de jazz, de boogie woogie, de gospel et de blues de l'époque, dont Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Big Joe Turner et Pete Johnson, Helen Humes, Meade Lux Lewis, Albert Ammons, Rosetta Tharpe, les Mitchell's Christian Singers, le Golden Gate Quartet, James ...
26 janv. 2024 · In the 1930s, she worked with Stuff Smith and Al Sears, recording with Harry James in 1937-1938. In 1938, Humes joined Count Basie's Orchestra for three years. Since Jimmy Rushing specialized in blues, Helen Humes mostly got stuck singing pop ballads, but she did a fine job.
15 oct. 2013 · Helen starts it as a beautiful ballad then in a flash it becomes a bright blues masterpiece. Helen offers a most uplifting, energetic version of A Hundred Years from Today (Young/Washington), Charlie Howard excels on a brilliant guitar solo midway during the singing on Embraceable You. (Gershwins). Helen pours it on throughout here.
This allowed band members like Jimmy Rushing (v), Lester Young (sax), Benny Morton (t), Harry “Sweets” Edison (t), DIckie Wells (tb) and Helen Humes (v) to shine. There are 21 songs featured that were recorded in the 1930s.
