Helen Merrill with Strings is the second album by Helen Merrill, featuring the singer fronting a quartet augmented by a string section arranged by Richard...
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Helen Merrill (born Jelena Ana Milcetic; July 21, 1929) is an American jazz vocalist. Her first album, the eponymous 1954 recording Helen Merrill (with...
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Helen Merrill is the debut studio album by vocalist Helen Merrill, on which she is accompanied by trumpeter Clifford Brown in arrangements by Quincy Jones...
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Lilac Wine (category Articles with short description)
Eartha Kitt on her 1953 album That Bad Eartha, Helen Merrill in her album Helen Merrill with Strings (1955), Judy Henske on her debut self-titled album...
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by Helen Merrill, which was arranged and conducted by Gil Evans. This recording immediately preceded Miles Ahead, Evans' 1957 collaboration with Miles...
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Somethin' Else (Cannonball Adderley album) (category Articles with short description)
1957 Jubilee Records album Jazz Lab, with Jones playing piano. (Gryce also recorded a second version of the tune with Jones on his Gigi Gryce album.) The...
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The Deadly Affair (category Articles with short description)
atmosphere that is sustained throughout the entire album. With its languid orchestrations, breezy strings, and airy samba rhythms, this is a perfect Sunday morning...
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Hank Jones (category Articles with short description)
National Endowment for the Arts honored him with the NEA Jazz Masters Award. He was also honored in 2003 with the American Society of Composers, Authors...
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Barry Galbraith (category Articles with short description)
1964) With Helen Merrill Helen Merrill (EmArcy, 1954) Helen Merrill with Strings (EmArcy, 1955) Dream of You (EmArcy, 1956) You've Got a Date with the Blues...
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Brownie: Homage to Clifford Brown (category Helen Merrill albums)
Clifford Brown is an album by Helen Merrill, recorded in tribute to the trumpeter Clifford Brown. Merrill had recorded an album with Brown in 1954. AllMusic...
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SO Much Guitar! (category Articles with short description)
Succeed in Business without Really Trying" (Gary McFarland, 1961) Helen Merrill with Strings (1955) SO Much Guitar! (Wes Montgomery, 1961) Great Day (James...
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List of works by Milt Hinton (category Articles with short description)
Blues (Chiaroscuro, 1993) With Helen Merrill Helen Merrill (EmArcy, 1954) Helen Merrill with Strings (EmArcy, 1955) Merrill at Midnight (EmArcy, 1957)...
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Bags & Trane (category Articles with short description)
grew after he had stopped recording for the label, Atlantic released them with Coltrane's name more prominently displayed. The contemporaneous DownBeat...
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Ruth Brown '65 (category Articles with short description)
Succeed in Business without Really Trying" (Gary McFarland, 1961) Helen Merrill with Strings (1955) SO Much Guitar! (Wes Montgomery, 1961) Great Day (James...
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Come Sunday (album) (category Articles with short description)
everything, from the sounds of piano pedals and fingers on keys to bass strings being pulled and plucked. This is a huge plus; that spaciousness allows...
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Kids: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (category Articles with short description)
date, recorded live in Manhattan, what’s particularly apparent is the ease with which Lovano and Jones exchange ideas while complementing not just each other...
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J. J.'s Broadway (category Articles with short description)
Favorite Things" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 4:17 "Mira" (Bob Merrill) - 3:23 "Make Someone Happy" (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) -...
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Dear John C. (category Articles with short description)
engaging, and there's nothing over the top, even the drumming of Elvin Jones. With the musicality at a high level, Dear John C. needs revisiting by drumming...
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The Kennedy Dream (category Articles with short description)
Duvivier - bass Grady Tate - drums John F. Kennedy - voice Unidentified strings Cultural depictions of John F. Kennedy Billboard May 13, 1967 Impulse!...
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So in Love (Art Pepper album) (category Articles with short description)
Succeed in Business without Really Trying" (Gary McFarland, 1961) Helen Merrill with Strings (1955) SO Much Guitar! (Wes Montgomery, 1961) Great Day (James...
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Flute-In (category Articles with short description)
Succeed in Business without Really Trying" (Gary McFarland, 1961) Helen Merrill with Strings (1955) SO Much Guitar! (Wes Montgomery, 1961) Great Day (James...
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1956 Ray Charles Singers Spring is Here 1956 Helen Merrill Helen Merrill With Strings 1956 Rita Reys with the Jazz Messengers The Cool Voice of Rita Reys...
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See You at the Fair (category Articles with short description)
Webster, released by Impulse! Records. Allmusic awarded the album 5 stars with its review by Scott Yanow stating "Ben Webster's final American recording...
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Carnaval (Ron Carter album) (category Articles with short description)
generous solo space for all, with each tune getting a solid workout on this date that definitely manages to share with the listener the excitement generated...
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EmArcy Records (category Articles with short description)
Sarah Vaughan MG 36005 Clifford Brown Clifford Brown with Strings MG 36006 Helen Merrill Helen Merrill MG 36007 Clark Terry Clark Terry MG 36008 Clifford...
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Hank Jones discography (category Articles with short description)
Jackie McLean, New Wine in Old Bottles (East Wind, 1978) Helen Merrill, Helen Merrill with Strings (EmArcy, 1955) Wes Montgomery, SO Much Guitar! (Riverside...
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Johnny Smith (album) (category Articles with short description)
Smith, which was released in 1967 through Verve Records. A compact disc, with extra material, was released in 1997. Johnny Smith – guitar George Duvivier...
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Portrait of Art Farmer (category Articles with short description)
playing summons elegance, fire and craftsmanship in almost perfect accord, with his ballad playing particularly refined". The Allmusic review called the...
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The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard (category Articles with short description)
right away." On All About Jazz John Kelman noted: "Perhaps it's because, with their shared background as members of Miles Davis' landmark quintet of the...
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Porgy and Bess (Hank Jones album) (category Articles with short description)
almost minimalist approach. Elvin displays a light touch which may contrast with his usual pyrotechnic image, but is here perfectly matched to Hank's deliberative...
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