Music Makers (album)
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| Studio album by Helen Merrill | ||||
| Released | 1986 | |||
| Recorded | March 1986 | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
| Length | 47:39 | |||
| Label | Owl Records | |||
| Producer | Jean-Jacques Pussiau, Francois LeMaire | |||
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Music Makers is a 1986 studio album by Helen Merrill.[1]
Reception
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
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".[1]
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, Butch 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
- Performance
- Helen Merrill - arranger, vocals
- Gordon Beck - arranger, performer, piano, electric piano
- Steve Lacy - soprano saxophone
- Stéphane Grappelli - violin
- Production
- Bernard Amiard - art direction, cover art concept, cover design, design
- Christian Orsini - cutting engineer, engineer
- Jean-Marie Guérin - engineer
- Laurent Peyron - engineer, mixing
- Leonard Feather - liner notes
- Jean-Jacques Pussiau - photography, producer
- Francois LeMaire - producer
- Pascal Bodin - release preparation
