Linda Ronstadt - Hummin' to Myself
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Free Music Review: Boring!
Hit: 1 Stars
This is hardly jazzy in any way. The vocals are very hard sounding when her volume increases. And all the cuts sound pretty much the same. Check out the Sarah Vaughn or Ella Fitzgerald versions of these songs and see how truly awful these renditions are.
Free Music Review: This is a first class journey into jazz and great singing
Hit: 5 Stars
Linda seems to select material that is time-less and sings with a voice that is moving and angelic. Her phrase-ology is reminiscent of Judy Garland and Sinatra. perfectly articulated with just the right emotion and nuance. This is a GEM, BUY IT, it is great while driving, and also a romantic date.Free Music Review: A vocal miracle.......
Hit: 5 Stars
Linda has sung all kinds of music over a long span of years...country...pop...jazz...Latin...and, remarkably, sung it all well. This 2004 release shows her voice to be better at 60 than it was at 25....see my title....
To the issue at hand...Jazz...done right. The whole album is a joy to hear, but several cuts deserve mention; Sammy Fain's "Miss Otis Regrets" and "I'll Be Seeing You" are, for me, the highlights. I don't think Cole Porter ever produced less than perfection; "Get Out Of Town" is one of his best. Of course, "Day Dream" by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn is a work of genius, to which Linda does full justice. The instrumental work is all that we could ask, but the musicans aren't identified. [On Linda's three albums of this genre twenty years earlier, Nelson Riddle got star billing].
This is a great album that I can easily recommend. For those turned off by Linda's politics, I understand, and, to a point, agree. Her comments about our brave troops nauseate me. Personally, I only buy her records on the secondary market. Linda is a fabulous singer; she has never sung a wrong note, or given us a less than stellar recording. I just wish she could keep quiet when she isn't singing.
Free Music Review: She shouts!!
Hit: 1 Stars
Linda has a beautiful voice, but she shout too much. Perhas she must think to record a different songs and with diferent style.Free Music Review: Too brassy
Hit: 2 Stars
There is only one number on this album in which Linda Ronstadt's technique of shouting the lyrics--which stood her in such good stead throughout her rock'n'roll career--almost works. It is a sad commentary, however, that I am not inclined to go back and listen just to determine which song that is. Suffice it to say that it usually doesn't do to shout jazz. Not all '60s rock divas make poor jazz performers; Rita Coolidge's album "And So Is Love" has several near perfect tracks even if the entire album is not perfect. Whereas I intend to listen to Rita again, I won't listen to "Hummin'" again if I can help it.