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On December 24, 1939, Humes performed with the Count Basie Orchestra, and James P. Johnson, at the second From Spirituals to Swing concert at Carnegie Hall, produced by John Hammond. After this concert, most of her time with the Basie Orchestra was spent touring.
Helen Humes (23 de junio de 1913 – 9 de septiembre de 1981) fue una cantante de blues y jazz estadounidense. [1] Biografía. Nació en Louisville (), como hija única del matrimonio formado por Emma Johnson, maestra de escuela y John Henry Humes, el primer abodado de raza negra que hubo en la ciudad.Se introdujo en la música cantando en el coro de la iglesia y recibiendo clases gratuidas de ...
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Count Basie - Swinging The Blues: 1930-1939 . In a word association game, the name Count Basie would immediately elicit “swing” as the response, and vice versa. Although Basie did not arrive on the major league jazz scene until more than a year after Benny Goodman had launched the swing era, his big band came to be regarded as the
6 de abr. de 2004 · Swinging the Blues: 1930-1939 by Count Basie released in 2004. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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.
13 de ene. de 2012 · Off record for ten years but apparently still growing as a singer, Humes reappeared in 1937 on two Harry James sessions with a sublime gloss on up-tempo swinging blues reminiscent of Ella Fitzgerald.
