Helen merrill, who recorded with brown in 1954 helen merrill, emarcy, recorded a tribute album in 1995 entitled brownie. Helen merrill featuring clifford brown helen merrill. She often gave the impression that with her wide range, perfectly controlled vibrato, and wide expressive abilities, she could do anything she wanted with her voice. Helen merrill s long history in jazz began with her first album on the mercury emarcy label arranged and produced by quincy jones in 1954 up to her latest cd album released in early 2000. 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 brown. In a fivemonth period at the end of 1954, trumpeter clifford brown, the 23year old phenom, recorded three sessions with three of the best singers of his day. The legendary quincy jones produced and arranged the album when he was just 21yearsold. With clifford brown on trumpet, arrangements by quincy jones, who was himself only twentyone, and fantastic backup jimmy jones on piano is especially notable, helen merrill was free to unloose her jazz interpretations and her explore her dramatic talent with lyrics. In between were more then 50 jazz albums and countless concerts, club dates, festivals and other jazz activities. Helen merrillhelen merrill200 gram vinyl recordacoustic.
The helen merrill story drawn by cecyle bay the full helen merrill playlist here. The singers sessions with dinah washington, sarah vaughan and helen merrill the emarcy master takes, vol. Helen merrill helen merrill wclifford brown amazon. The definitive clifford brown by clifford brown on apple music. Merrill s recording career has spanned six decades and she is popular with fans of jazz in japan and italy where she lived for many years as well as in her native united states. Helen merrill 2000, combines jazz, pop and blues songs with several traditional croatian songs sung in croatian. The beginning and the end columbia records, 1973 is a clifford brown compilation album. Helen merrill with clifford brown, lp, album, dlx, ltd, re, 180, 37039. The singers sessions with dinah washington, sarah vaughan and helen merrill. Formidable as his playing is, brown never overshadows merrill. Merrill, helen brown, clifford with clifford brown. Helen merrill brownie homage to clifford brown 1994, cd. 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.
After a prolific 1950s and 60s when she recorded with charlie parker and clifford brown, merrill spent time recording and touring in europe and japan, falling into obscurity in the united states. A fine singer with a warm, expressive voice, helen merrill s infrequent recordings tend to be quite special with plenty of surprises and chancetaking. I think there is a story in each track of the album. Verve records 522 3632,gitanes jazz productions 522 3632 format. The pairing of merrill and brown is a study in contrasts. The sound quality on both albums is about the same, so you may want to check that one out as well if you can live without the bonus track because there is a substantial cost difference between the two. Helen merrill vocals, cole porter composerlyricist, clifford brown trumpet, osie johnson drums, barry galbraith guitar, danny bank bass clarinet, flute, bari sax, baritone saxophone, bassoon, jimmy jones piano, milt hinton double bass, bass guitar, ira gershwin composerlyricist, george. Homage to clifford brown as a tribute to the late trumpeter.
There are only three songs from that album which are played here. Download on amazon falling in love with love play on apple music falling in love with love download on itunes falling in love with love play on spotify falling in love with love play on youtube falling in love with love. Though she eventually came to be known as a singers singer, helen merrill s 1954 debut is an unmitigated success of mainstream jazz. After a prolific 1950s and 60s when she recorded with charlie parker and clifford brown, merrill spent time recording and touring in europe and japan. The singers sessions with dinah washington, sarah vaughan. 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. Brown had recorded a somewhat similar album with sarah vaughan only a few days previously, on december 16 and 18, 1954. Helen merrill with clifford brown youd be so nice to come home to duration.
Her first album, the eponymous 1955 release helen merrill, was an immediate success and associated her with the first generation of bebop jazz musicians. Helen merrill born jelena ana milcetic on july 21, 1930 in new york city is an internationally known jazz vocalist. Tidal is the first global music streaming service with high fidelity sound, hidef video quality, along with expertly curated playlists and original content making it a trusted source for music and culture. The beginning and the end clifford brown album wikipedia. Helen merrill with clifford brown remastered di helen merrill.
The complete emarcy recordings of clifford brown clifford brown jazz 1989 play shuffle. Track listing your eyes clifford brown, helen merrill 6. One of merrill s millennium released recordings draws from her croatian heritage as well as her american upbringing. Expressive jazz vocalist with many excellent recordings plus sitins with luminaries like charlie parker, miles davis, and clifford brown. Helen merrill on piano jazz the vocalist got her start singing with earl hines and recorded with clifford brown. Helen merrill biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. The singers sessions with dinah washington, sarah vaughan and. Clifford brown accomplished a great deal in the short time he had. Plus he was a clean liver and was not even driving. The album features solos and ensemble work by trumpeters lew soloff, tom harrell, wallace roney, and roy hargrove. Dont explain by helen merrill from the album vocal jazz chillout 100 relaxing jazz classics released 20170929 on audiosonic music download on itunes. Besides introducing the uniquely talented young singer, the date also featured smallgroup arrangements by quincy jones and marks the introduction of another future star, trumpeter clifford brown. The album opens with two tracks that clifford brown recorded with chris powells blue flames in 1952, and ends with recordings of a session held at music city club in philadelphia in 1956.
Possessor of one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century, sarah vaughan ranked with ella fitzgerald and billie holiday in the very top echelon of female jazz singers. Utilizing on various tracks trumpeters tom harrell, wallace roney, roy hargrove and lew soloff, as well as pianist kenny barron, bassist rufus reid and drummer victor lewis, merrill performs a variety of tunes, most of which were associated. 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 brown s lyricism. Merrill, who was married for a period to clarinetis. She started singing in public in 1944 and was with the reggie childs orchestra during 19461947.
Gil evans story drawn by cabu the full gil evans story playlist here. Already ranking with dizzy gillespie and miles davis as one of the top trumpeters in jazz, brownie was still improving in 1956. Helen merrill is her debut studio album, backed by among others, trumpeter clifford brown and bassistcellist oscar pettiford. Jazz singer helen merrill recorded with such notable figures as clifford brown and gil evans in the mid50s, but eventually relocated to italy, becoming a familiar. This album commemorates clifford brown, and in particular the album, helen merrill, that he cut with the singer 40 years earlier. Helen merrill brownie homage to clifford brown discogs.
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