Helen Humes Collection 1927-62

• Track Listing

She sang with Harry James, replaced Billie Holiday in Basie’s band, jumped into jump-blues in the ’40s, emerged as a singular jazz stylist in the ’50s and won ardent acclaim for beautiful ballads late in her career. You’ll hear it all here, including tracks with Basie, James, Dexter Gordon, Dizzy Gillespie, Memphis Slim, T-Bone Walker…wow! Her R&B hits "Be-Baba-Leba" (with Bill Doggett) and "Million Dollar Secret" (with Roy Milton) join "Jubilee," "Dark Rapture," "All or Nothing at All," "Blue Prelude," "Fortune Tellin’ Man," "Married Man Blues," "Rock Me to Sleep," "I Cried for You," "Real Fine Daddy," "Crazy ’Bout a Man," "I Can Dream Can’t I"…49 in all. Acrobat.