Released 1986 Length 47:39 Artist Helen Merrill Label OWL Records | Recorded March 1986 Music Makers
(1986) Collaboration
(1986) Release date 1986 Genre Vocal jazz | |
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Producer Jean-Jacques Pussiau, Francois LeMaire Helen Merrill albums You and the Night and the M, Jelena Ana Milcetic aka Hel, Brownie: Homage to Clifford Br, Helen Merrill with Strings, Dream of You | ||
Music Makers is a 1986 studio album by Helen Merrill.
Contents
Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album four stars and said "all of the songs sound quite fresh, partly due to the unusual instrumentation and also partly because of the players' inventiveness".
Track listing
- "'Round Midnight" (Bernie Hanighen, Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams) - 5:56
- "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" (Traditional) - 4:28
- "A Tout Choisir" (Joël Holmès) - 2:08
- "When Lights Are Low" (Benny Carter, Spencer Williams) - 3:28
- "And Still She Is With Me" (Gordon Beck) - 4:52
- "Music Makers" (Helen Merrill, Torrie Zito) - 3:11
- "Laura" (Johnny Mercer, David Raksin) - 4:30
- "As Time Goes By" (Hermann Hupfeld) - 5:17
- "A Girl in Calico" (Arthur Schwartz) - 3:35
- "(In My) Solitude" (Eddie DeLange, Duke Ellington, Gordon Mills) - 3:39
- "Oh, Lady Be Good!" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:40
- "Nuages" (Django Reinhardt) - 3:58
Personnel
Songs
1Round About MidnightStéphane Grappelli - Steve Lacy - Gordon Beck5:55
2Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless ChildStéphane Grappelli - Steve Lacy - Gordon Beck4:30
3À tout choisirStéphane Grappelli - Steve Lacy - Gordon Beck2:09
References
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