Helen Merrill DEBUT 1954 ORIGINAL PRESSING EmArcy Jazz Vocal CLIFFORD BROWN
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Oct 30, 2012
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Oct 24, 2012
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Description
1954 Original Deep Groove Pressing EmArcy MG 36006.
-Vinyl-Very Good (VG) - small scratch near end of track 3
-LP Jacket-Good (G) 3" split seam at top right, small amount of water damage/image loss at bottom. Inner sleeve is not original.
Helen Merrill is the debut studio album by Helen Merrill, Arrangements by Quincy Jones and accompanied by trumpeter Clifford Brown and a host of other great names.
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album four and a half stars and said that "The music is essentially straight-ahead bop, yet the seven standards...are uplifted by the presence of Merrill (in top form) and Brown".[1]
[edit]Track listing
- "Don't Explain" (Arthur Herzog Jr., Billie Holiday) - 5:08
- "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (Cole Porter) - 4:17
- "What's New?" (Johnny Burke, Bob Haggart) - 4:56
- "Falling in Love with Love" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 3:52
- "Yesterdays" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) - 5:56
- "(I Was) Born to Be Blue" (Mel Tormé, Bob Wells) - 5:12
- "'S Wonderful" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:12
[edit]Personnel
- Helen Merrill - vocals
- Milt Hinton - double bass
- Danny Bank - bass clarinet, flute, baritone saxophone
- Sol Gubin - drums
- Osie Johnson
- Barry Galbraith - guitar
- Clifford Brown - trumpet
- Hank Jones - piano
- Jimmy Jones
- Quincy Jones - arranger, conductor
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