Merrill at Midnight
Studio album by
Released1957
RecordedFebruary 21 & 27, 1957
New York City
GenreJazz
Length28:29
LabelEmArcy
MG 36107
ProducerBob Shad
Helen Merrill chronology
Dream of You
(1956-57)
Merrill at Midnight
(1957)
The Nearness of You
(1957)

Merrill at Midnight is the fourth album by Helen Merrill, featuring the singer fronting a quartet augmented by an orchestra arranged and conducted by Hal Mooney, recorded in 1957 and released on the EmArcy label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Tom Hull – on the WebB[3]

The AllMusic review by Bruce Eder stated "this one's a keeper and in a class by itself, with lots and lots of class."[2]

Track listing

  1. "Soft as Spring" (Alec Wilder) - 3:06
  2. "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair" (Traditional) - 2:27
  3. "Lazy Afternoon" (John La Touche, Jerome Moross) - 3:00
  4. "The Things We Did Last Summer" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 3:02
  5. "After You" (Cole Porter) - 3:01
  6. "If You Go" (Geoffrey Parsons) - 3:08
  7. "If I Forget You" (Irving Caesar) - 3:16
  8. "If Love Were All" (Noël Coward) - 3:02
  9. "Easy Come Easy Go" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) - 3:41
  10. "I'll Be Around" (Wilder) - 2:42
  • Recorded in New York on February 21, 1957 (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7 & 10) and February 27, 1957 (tracks 2, 4, 6, 8 & 9)

Personnel

References

  1. EmArcy Records discography accessed October 5, 2012
  2. 1 2 Eder, B. Allmusic Review accessed October 5, 2012
  3. Hull, Tom (July 5, 2021). "Music Week". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
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