Description:
Helen Merrill's vocal tone was always warm and husky. She developed from an apprehensive, untried singer, wanting to be accepted, into a calm and competent performer who could use her voice as an instrument of mood. Dream of You 1 12 was one of her best albums and an arranging triumph for Gil Evans, who did all the scoring and conducting. The second album included here, At Midnight 13 22, was recorded six months after the first one, and was another smash hit for Helen. This time the backgrounds were tailored to her own approach by Harold "Hal" Mooney. For this collection, she harvested some of the better bits of romantic poetry that existed in wisps among the voluminous Tin Pan Alley melodies. |
 People Will Say We're In Love
By Myself
Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home
I've Never Seen
He Was Too Good To Me
A New Town Is A Blue Town
You're Lucky To Me
Where Flamingos Fly
Dream Of You
I'm Fool To Want You
I'm Just A Lucky So And So
Troubled Waters
Soft As Spring
Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair
Lazy Afternoon
The Things We Did Last Summer
After You, Who?
If You Go
If I Forget You
If Love Were All
Easy Come Easy Go
I'll Be Around |
Personnel: Art Farmer, Jimmy Buffington, Joe Bennett, Jimmy Cleveland, Frank Rehak, Tom Mitchell, John LaPorta, Jerome Richardson, Danny Bank, Romeo Penque, Phil Bodner, Hank Jones, Buddy Weed, Marian McPartland, Barry Galbraith, Billy Mure, Oscar Pettiford, Milt Hinton, Joe Morello, Sol Gubin |
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