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Hummin' to Myself (2004)

Where the lyrics of Hummin' to Myself take you, and where it was really made.

Recorded across several US studios, this album brought Linda Ronstadt back to jazz standards with a band instead of an orchestra.

Key places

Recorded at Clubhouse Recording Studios (2004)

Recording site Clubhouse Recording Studios — The album's recording credits list Clubhouse Recording Studios in Rhinebeck, New York as a recording location. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at Capitol Studios (2004)

Recording site Capitol Studios — The album's recording credits list Capitol Studios in Hollywood, California as a recording location. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at Mooselosge (2004)

Recording site Mooselodge — The album's recording credits list Mooselosge in Calabasas, California as a recording location. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at Skywalker Sound (2004)

Recording site Skywalker Sound — The album's recording credits list Skywalker Sound in Marin County, California as a recording location. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at Jim Brady Recording Studios (2004)

Recording site Jim Brady Recording Studios — The album's recording credits list Jim Brady Recording Studios in Tucson, Arizona as a recording location. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at Oxford Sound (2004)

Recording site Nashville — The album's recording credits list Oxford Sound in Nashville, Tennessee as a recording location. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at Georkel Recording (2004)

Recording site Georkel Recording — The album's recording credits list Georkel Recording in Williamson County, Tennessee as a recording location. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Hummin' to Myself: the twenty-fourth and final studio album by American singer Linda Ronstadt
• Her last solo album before her retirement in 2011
• She recorded one more collaborative album, Adieu False Heart, in 2006
• Debuted at number 3 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart, where it stayed for six months
• Peaked at number 166 on the main Billboard album chart

Background

• Returns to the classic jazz standards world Ronstadt explored in a series of 1980s albums with Nelson Riddle
• Unlike those albums, this one was made with a band, not an orchestra
• The jazz approach is overt throughout
• Several songs on the album were ones she wanted to record with Riddle
• She could not record them with him because of his death
• Songs by Frank Loesser: "Never Will I Marry" and "I've Never Been in Love Before"
• Songs by Cole Porter: "Get out of Town" and "Miss Otis Regrets"
• "I Fall in Love Too Easily" is also included
• Musicians include Alan Broadbent, Christian McBride, David "Fathead" Newman, Lewis Nash, Peter Erskine and Roy Hargrove

Recording

• Producers were John Boylan and George Massenburg
• Massenburg also handled recording, mastering and mixing
• Sessions were spread across studios in Rhinebeck (New York), Hollywood, Calabasas, Marin County, Tucson, Nashville and Williamson County (Tennessee)
• Additional engineering was credited to Al Schmitt
• Mastering was done at The Mastering Lab in Hollywood, California

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Career

• Born July 15, 1946 in Tucson, Arizona; American singer across rock, folk, pop, country, and soul.
• In the mid-1960s joined the folk-rock trio the Stone Poneys as lead singer, releasing three albums in 1967–68.
• Solo debut Hand Sown ... Home Grown (1969), described as the first alternative country record by a female recording artist.
• Became the first female "arena class" rock star; top-grossing concert artist of the decade.
• Voted Top Female Pop Singer of the 1970s; "You're No Good" reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
• Worked with producer Nelson Riddle on the Great American Songbook trilogy What's New, Lush Life, and For Sentimental Reasons.
• Recorded Canciones de Mi Padre (1987), the best-selling non-English-language album in US music history.
• Retired in 2011 after losing the ability to sing; later diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy.
• Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014; Kennedy Center Honoree in 2019.

Formation

• At age 14 formed a folk trio with her brother Peter and sister Gretchen.
• Moved to Los Angeles in 1964 to form a band with Bobby Kimmel.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

Reappraisal

• Received critical acclaim for its devotion to authenticity
• Described as a return to the classic jazz standards world Ronstadt explored with Nelson Riddle in the 1980s
• Unlike those orchestral albums, this one was made with a band
• The approach is overtly jazz, not orchestral
• Includes standards by Frank Loesser and Cole Porter, plus "I Fall in Love Too Easily"

At release

• Debuted at number 3 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart
• Stayed on that chart for six months
• Her last solo album before retirement in 2011
• One more collaborative album followed, Adieu False Heart, recorded in 2006

Records

• Billboard Top Jazz Albums: debut at number 3, six months on the chart
• Billboard main album chart: peak at number 166

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The songs by Frank Loesser and Cole Porter were ones Ronstadt wanted to record with Nelson Riddle before his death.
• The album was made with a band rather than an orchestra, which separates it from her 1980s series with Riddle.
• Alan Broadbent, Christian McBride, David "Fathead" Newman, Lewis Nash, Peter Erskine and Roy Hargrove are among the musicians credited.
• Recording sessions are listed across studios in Rhinebeck (New York), Hollywood, Calabasas, Marin County, Tucson, Nashville and Williamson County (Tennessee).
• It was her last solo album, and it was followed by the 2006 collaborative album Adieu False Heart.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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