Helen Merrill

 

Artist:   Helen Merrill

Birth Name:  Jelena Ana Milcetic

Born:   July 21, 1930.  New York City, New York, USA

Genre:  Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Standards, Cool Jazz, Post-Bop

Occupation:  Vocalist

Instruments:  Vocals

Helen Merrill is an American Jazz Vocalist from New York City, New York.  Her first album, 1954 recording Helen Merrill (with Clifford Brown), was immediate success and associated her with the first generation of BeBop Jazz Musicians.  She is a fine singer with a warm expressive voice.  She spent time recording and touring in Europe and Japan.  In the 1980s and '90s, she was under contract with Verve and High-Profile performance in America.

Title:   Lilac Wine (2021)

Genre:  Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Standards, Cool Jazz, Post-Bop

Label:  Decca Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Lilac Wine (4:51)

 2.  Wild Is The Wind (4:23)

 3.  Pierre (5:22)

 4.  Something I Dreamed Last Night (6:13)

Side B:

 5.  Love Me Tender/How Sweet You Are (5:30)

 6.  The Island (4:57)

 7.  One More Walk Around The Garden (4:31)

 8.  Portrait Of Helen Merrill (5:33)

 9.  You (3:22)

Personnel:

Helen Merrill:  Vocals, Except Track 8

Torrie Zito:  Piano on Track 4, Electric Piano on Tracks:  3, 5, 6, Keyboards on Track 9

Lew Soloff:  Trumpet on Tracks:  2, 3, 6, 9

George Mraz:  Double Bass Except Track 3

Alan Merrill:  Guitar, Vocals on Track 9

A 32 Piece Orchestra Except Track 3

Lilac Wine is the 2003 album by Helen Merrill, originally released in 2003 by Gitanes Jazz Productions, remastered and reissued on September 23, 2021 by Decca Records.  Limited Audiophile Pressing on 180 Gram Vinyl.