2004 studio album by Linda Ronstadt
Hummin’ to Myself Linda Ronstadt . The album debuted at #3 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart where it remained for six months. It peaked at #166 on the main Billboard Adieu False Heart
History
Hummin' to Myself represents a return by Ronstadt to the classic jazz standards world she explored in a series of 1980s albums with Nelson Riddle , only this time with a band , not an orchestra , and in an overtly jazz manner. According to an interview with Ronstadt, the songs on the album were among those she wanted to record with Riddle, but was unable to because of his death.
Ronstadt sings songs by Frank Loesser (“Never Will I Marry” and “I’ve Never Been in Love Before”) and Cole Porter (“Get out of Town,” “Miss Otis Regrets"), and “I Fall in Love Too Easily ”.
Hummin’ to Myself received critical acclaim for its devotion to authenticity. It features musicians Alan Broadbent , Christian McBride , David “Fathead” Newman , Lewis Nash , Peter Erskine and Roy Hargrove .
Track listing
Personnel
Linda Ronstadt – vocals, arrangements (3)
Alan Broadbent – acoustic piano (1-9, 11), arrangements (1, 3-9, 11)Warren Bernhardt – acoustic piano (10)Bob Mann – guitars (1-4, 6, 7, 10)Larry Koonse – guitars (8, 9)
Christian McBride – bass (1-7, 10)Trey Henry – bass (8, 9)
Lewis Nash – drums (1-4, 6, 7, 10)Peter Erskine – drums (8, 9)Jim Horn – tenor saxophone (1, 6, 10)David "Fathead" Newman – tenor saxophone (2, 10)Dan Block – clarinet (4)
Bob Sheppard – tenor saxophone (8)Mike Haynes – flugelhorn (1, 10)
Steven Bernstein – trumpet (2)Jon-Erik Kellso – trumpet (4)
Roy Hargrove – flugelhorn solo (6)Bob Summers – trumpet (8)
John Catchings – cello (1, 3)
Roberta Cooper – cello (5)
Alexander Zhiroff – cello (11)
Eugene Drucker – violin (5)Armen Anassian – violin (11)Production
John Boylan – producerGeorge Massenburg – producer, recording, mastering, mixingAl Schmitt – additional engineerSteve Bishir – assistant engineer
Jim Brady – assistant engineer
Mark DeBuck – assistant engineer
Steve Genewick – assistant engineer
Hank Linderman – assistant engineer
Chris Powers – assistant engineer
Sean Price – assistant engineer
Dann Thompson – assistant engineer
André Zweers – assistant engineer
Doug Sax – masteringRobert Hadley – mastering
The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)
Theodora Kuslan – release coordinator
Kelly Pratt – release coordinator
Isabelle Wong – graphic design
Hollis King – art direction
Rocky Schenck – photography
Milton Buras – hair stylist
J. Roy Helland – make-up Release history
Release history and formats for Hummin' to Myself
Region
Date
Format
Label
Ref.
North America
November 9, 2004
Compact disc
Verve Records
References
^ Allmusic review
Billboard review
"Entertainment Weekly review" . Entertainment Weekly the original on 2009-04-25. Retrieved 2020-02-18.Jazz Times review
Tanenhaus, Sam (28 August 2013). "Like a Wheel, but Turning Slower" . The New York Times .
Morago, Greg (July 1, 2004). "A Long Long Time" . courant.com . Hartford Courant. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
Ronstadt, Linda (November 9, 2004). "Hummin' to Myself (Liner Notes)". Verve Records
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