Results for "Helen Merrill"

Montreal Jazz Festival: Days 7-9, July 7-9, 2009

by John Kelman
July 11, 2009

Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 | Days 7-9 Rocksteady: The Roots of Reggae Charlie Haden Family and Friends / Bill Frisell QuartetVan Der Graaf Generator / Ornette ColemanFestival International de Jazz de Montreal Montreal, Quebec, Canada July 7-9 2009 Every year the Festival ...

Take Five With Jackie Allen

by AAJ Staff
June 6, 2009

Meet Jackie Allen: Critically acclaimed vocalist, songwriter and Blue Note recording artist Jackie Allen celebrates the release of her ninth album, Starry Night, live with chamber orchestra. Her CD features star-themed songs arranged by seven extraordinary arrangers who have written for such legendary artists as Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra, Doc Severinson, Bobby McFerrin, and Diana Krall. ...

Interview: Helen Merrill (Part 1)

February 3, 2009

Jazz greats are more sensitive than the rest of us. They have to be to produce honest art. While their angst and emotional unease may not always be evident, a deep sorrow and regret often rests just beneath the surface, coloring their creative mood and expression. Jazz artists who reach for their scars when they record ...

The Helen Merrill/Dick Katz Sessions

By Helen Merrill

Label: Melodiya
Released: 2008

Renato Sellani

by Thomas Conrad
December 26, 2008

Renato Sellani does not have to play the piano to charm you. At the Umbria Jazz Festival in Perugia in July of this year, he could be seen walking his small dog Briciola through the crowded piazzas. At 82, he walks carefully, with a slight stoop. They were an endearing pair: Sellani impeccable in striped blazer ...

Helen Merrill: The Helen Merrill-Dick Katz Sessions and Casa Forte

by Samuel Chell
August 25, 2008

Music-making, from conception to realization, is contaminated by the rhetoric of personality. And even more than instrumental music, vocal performances are often poorly served by language focused on the desires and disappointments, frustrations and satisfactions of the artist's “self" rather than on the “art." But quite apart from the self-expression (since the Romantic era, a birthright ...

Mosaic Singles: The Helen Merrill Dick Katz Sessions

July 25, 2008

"This music says so much, particularly in revealing the warmth these musicians feel for each other, their interest in experimentation, and their love of their craft. In their choice of fine songs, performed in new and different settings, they invite you to become involved. Listen, and you will understand and appreciate the shade of difference here." ...

Mosaic Singles: Helen Merrill - Casa Forte

July 25, 2008

"What truly sets Helen apart, and serves as the basis for her place in the pantheon of the greatest jazz singers, is that she goes straight to the heart of the lyric and delivers it with such poignancy and feeling that you cannot escape being deeply affected. “ - Joe Sullivan, liner notes Helen Merrill is ...

Falling In Love With Love

Featuring the music of Helen Merrill
Duration: 2:23
July 21, 2008

Complete Recordings with Clifford Brown

By Helen Merrill

Label: Lone Hill Jazz
Released: 2007
Track listing: Don't Explain; Born To Be Blue; You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To; 'S Wonderful; Yesterdays; Falling In Love With Love; What's New?; You Won't Forget Me; Lilac Wine; Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year; Beautiful Love; Just You, Just Me; When I Fall In Love; The End Of A Love Affair; Mountain High, Valley Low; Anything Goes; Comes Love; The Masquerade Is Over; Wait Till You See Him.