Helen Merrill DEBUT 1954 ORIGINAL PRESSING EmArcy Jazz Vocal CLIFFORD BROWN
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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

  1. "Don't Explain" (Arthur Herzog Jr., Billie Holiday) - 5:08
  2. "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (Cole Porter) - 4:17
  3. "What's New?" (Johnny Burke, Bob Haggart) - 4:56
  4. "Falling in Love with Love" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 3:52
  5. "Yesterdays" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) - 5:56
  6. "(I Was) Born to Be Blue" (Mel Tormé, Bob Wells) - 5:12
  7. "'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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