Hummin' to Myself (Linda Ronstadt album)


Hummin’ to Myself is the twenty-fourth and final solo studio album by American singer/songwriter/producer 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 album chart and sold approximately 75,000 copies in the United States during its first year. It was her final album before her retirement in 2011 due to the effects of Parkinson's disease leaving her unable to sing though being rediagnosed in 2019 as having Progressive supranuclear palsy.

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 and Cole Porter, 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