Collaboration (Helen Merrill and Gil Evans album)

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album four and a half stars and said "This inspired outing, one of the most rewarding sets of Helen Merrill's later years, was also one of Evans' last great dates and one of his few post-1972 classics. 57 at the time, Merrill is in superb form on such numbers as "Where Flamingos Fly," "A New Town Is a Blue Town," "By Myself" and "Anyplace I Hang My Hat Is Home."

Track listing

1. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 4:27
2. "Where Flamingos Fly" (John Benson Brooks, Harold Courlander, Elthea Peale) - 3:07
3. "Dream of You" (Jimmie Lunceford, Michael Morales, Sy Oliver) - 2:51
4. "I'm a Fool to Want You" (Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf) - 4:30
5. "Troubled Waters" (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) - 3:26
6. "I'm Just a Lucky So and So" (Mack David, Duke Ellington) - 3:09
7. "People Will Say We're in Love" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) - 2:49
8. "By Myself" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 3:38
9. "Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 4:55
10. "I've Never Seen" (Don Marcotte) - 4:19
11. "He Was Too Good to Me" (Lorenz Hart, Rodgers) - 3:15
12. "A New Town Is a Blue Town" (Richard Adler, Jerry Ross) - 3:35

Personnel