Helen Merrill (album)
| Helen Merrill | ||||
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| Released | 1955 | |||
| Recorded | December 22–24, 1954 | |||
| Studio | Fine Sound Studios, 711 Fifth Avenue, NYC | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 32:33 | |||
| Label | EmArcy | |||
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Helen Merrill is the debut studio album by vocalist Helen Merrill, on which she is accompanied by trumpeter Clifford Brown in arrangements by Quincy Jones. Brown had recorded a similar album with Sarah Vaughan only a few days previously, on December 16 and 18, 1954.
In 1995, Merrill recorded a tribute album to Brown, who had been killed in a car accident in 1956, the year after their collaborative album was released.