With a career spanning six decades, the new york born jazz vocalist helen merrill has recorded and performed with some of americas most respected names. Clifford brown was one of the boldest and strongest trumpet players of any era, and helen merrill s vocals are deceptively soft, but the two blend together perfectly because of merrill s innate understanding of music, emotion, and voicing, and browns lyricism. Helen merrill was born in llewellyn park, orange, new jersey. Helen merrill with strings by helen merrill album, vocal. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film.
Jazz vocalist who has worked with some of the most notable artists in jazz history. As helen merrill stepped onstage at the blue note tokyo, her 1954. By 1953, singer helen merrill had become a favorite of major jazz. She entered wellesley college in 1882, only seven years after the first students arrived on campus. Helen merrill 1954 with oscar pediford, clifford brown is still the best. Free delivery and returns on ebay plus items for plus members. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the. In november 1994, merrill reappeared on the scene, promoting a new album and planning a uk and european tour for 1995. Helen merrill is the debut studio album by vocalist helen merrill, on which shes accompanied by trumpeter clifford brown in arrangements by the young quincy jones. He began his performance career at a young age, joining the puerto rican. On his first albums for the label quincy put trumpeter clifford brown. Recorded over the course of three days in july 1956 for. You can buy latest album lilac wine 2002 helen merrill.
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Clifford brown was one of the boldest and strongest trumpet players of any era, and helen merrills vocals are deceptively soft, but the two blend together perfectly because of merrills innate understanding of music, emotion, and voicing, and browns lyricism. Jazz legacy f jl 53 clifford brown the complete paris collection, vol. Helen merrill vocals, liner notes, clifford brown trumpet, jimmy jones piano, barry galbraith guitar, quincy jones arranger, conductor. Green and jo jones, as well as vocalists jimmy rushing and helen humes. I am not good at taking care of my career which keeps me in a kind of limbo. Brown had recorded a somewhat similar album with sarah vaughan only a few days previously, on december 16 and 18, 1954 in 1995, on the fortieth anniversary of this debut album, merrill recorded a tribute album to brown, who had. Helen merrill sings screen favorites mp3 album download. Helen merrill jazz music cds and dvds for sale shop with. It features the smokey vocals of helen merrill, backed by the guitar stylings of legendary players charlie byrd and jimmy rainey. Create an account help customer service mobile version affiliate program.
Gli arcangeli original motion picture soundtrack, live at nalen with jan johansson, american songbook series. Helen merrill is the debut studio album by vocalist helen merrill, on which shes accompanied by trumpeter clifford brown in arrangements by the young quincy. Anything goes, lilac wine, youd be so nice to come home to, dont explain. Helen merrill helen merrill born jelena ana milcetic on july 21, 1930 in new york city is an internationally known jazz vocalist. Helen merrill with strings by helen merrill on amazon. The pairing of merrill and brown is a study in contrasts. Discography helen merrill 19542002 download torrent tpb. Brown had recorded a somewhat similar album with sarah vaughan only a few days previously, on december 16 and 18, 1954. Helen merrill youd be so nice to come home to duration. Helen merrills profile including the latest music, albums, songs, music videos and more updates. She was only 24 that year, but a 10year jazz veteran after performing in new york clubs and singing with earl hines. Listen to your favorite songs from helen merrill with strings by helen merrill now. We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Her parents antoinette and frank milcetic were croatian immigrants from the island of krk in the adriatic sea.
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Expressive jazz vocalist with many excellent recordings plus sitins. One of the most musical of singers, merrill customarily explores the emotional depths of the lyrics of songs, imbuing them with great passion. Helen merrill youve got a date with the blues remastered. Draco rosa, also known as simply draco, is a puerto rican singersongwriter whose career spans several decades. One of the finest jazz vocal albums of the 1950s is helen merrills dream of you. Helen merrill with strings, an album by helen merrill on spotify. Get the best deal for helen merrill music album cds and dvds from the largest online selection at. View all records by helen merrill for sale on cdandlp in lp, cd, 12inch, 7inch format.
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