Musicians :
Helen Humes (vocals), Art Pepper (alto saxophone, clarinet), Bill Hood (baritone saxophone), Leroy Vinnegar (bass), Eleanor Slatkin (cello), Barney Kessel (guitar), André Previn (piano), Ben Webster, Teddy Edwards (tenor saxophone),Bob Fitzpatrick, Harry Betts (trombone), Al Porcino, Jack Sheldon, Ray Triscari, Stu Williamson (trumpet), Alvin Dinkin (viola), James Getzoff, Joseph Stepansky (violin), Shelly Manne (drums).

- Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds Series continues in 2024 !

- Twelve standout albums from the Contemporary Records catalog reissued on 180 gram vinyl !

- Titles featuring Art Pepper, Sonny Rollins, Helen Humes, Ben Webster and many more !

- Mastered AAA by Bernie Grundman from the original analog tapes !

- 180 gram LPs pressed at Quality Record Pressings !

- Stoughton Printing gatefold old-style tip-on jackets !

- Series supervised by Chad Kassem CEO of Acoustic Sounds !

- Continuing Craft Recordings' celebration of seminal jazz artists from Contemporary Records !

Helen Humes takes on the standards on her second Contemporary Records release, Songs I Like to Sing! The Louisville native got her start as a jazz and blues vocalist including a stretch with the Count Basie Orchestra but went on to define the sound of swing music. Los Angeles Times jazz critic Leonard Feather once remarked, "No other singer had a comparable mastery of both ballads and blues". Her silken-voiced renditions of "If I Could Be With You" and "You're Driving Me Crazy" at once exude wistfulness, but mostly joy. With Hume backed by a Dream Team of musicians, the album features a wealth of gold-standard saxophonists such as Ben Webster, Teddy Edwards, and Art Pepper.

This new edition released as part of the Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds Series, features (AAA) lacquers cut from the original master tapes by Bernie Grundman and is pressed on 180 gram vinyl at QRP, and presented in a Stoughton Printing tip-on jacket.