Dream of You (Helen Merrill album) explained

Dream of You
Type:studio
Artist:Helen Merrill
Cover:helendream.jpg
Released:1957
Recorded:July 26, 1956 – February 27, 1957
Genre:Jazz
Length:57:30
Label:EmArcy
Producer:Bob Shad
Chronology:Helen Merrill
Prev Title:Helen Merrill with Strings
Prev Year:1955
Next Title:Merrill at Midnight
Next Year:1957

Dream of You is a studio album by Helen Merrill, which was arranged and conducted by Gil Evans.[1] This recording immediately preceded Miles Ahead, Evans' 1957 collaboration with Miles Davis. In 1987, Merrill and Evans reunited to record new versions of the same songs for the album Collaboration. The 1992 CD reissue of Dream of You includes additional tracks arranged and conducted by Johnny Richards, not Gil Evans.

Reception

The AllMusic review by Stephen Cook stated: "On 1955's Dream of You ... Merrill found reconciliation, sounding both melodramatic and swinging within Gil Evans' darkly spacious, yet economical arrangements. Suitably, torchy ballads are prominent. ... The programmatic quality of Merrill's coyly sensual voice and Evans' slightly askew, bubbling reeds and languid rhythm conjure up dramatic, balmy southern scenes á la Tennessee Williams."[1]

Track listing

  1. "People Will Say We're in Love" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) - 2:34
  2. "By Myself" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 3:23
  3. "Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 4:10
  4. "I've Never Seen" (Don Marcotte) - 3:33
  5. "He Was Too Good to Me" (Lorenz Hart, Rodgers) - 3:01
  6. "A New Town Is a Blue Town" (Richard Adler, Jerry Ross) - 3:09
  7. "You're Lucky to Me" (Eubie Blake, Andy Razaf) - 3:25
  8. "Where Flamingos Fly" (John Benson Brooks, Harold Courlander, Elthea Peale) - 2:44
  9. "Dream of You" (Jimmie Lunceford, Michael Morales, Sy Oliver) - 2:53
  10. "I'm a Fool to Want You" (Frank Sinatra, Joel Herron, Jack Wolf) - 4:06
  11. "I'm Just a Lucky So and So" (Mack David, Duke Ellington) - 3:08
  12. "Troubled Waters" (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) - 3:14
1992 bonus tracks (Arranged by Johnny Richards)
  1. "Alone Together" (Master Take) (Dietz, Schwartz) - 3:11
  2. "Alone Together" (Alternate Take) - 3:10
  3. "Glad to Be Unhappy" (Hart, Rodgers) - 2:50
  4. "This Is My Night Cry" (Bill Sanford, Phil Medley) - 3:06
  5. "How's the World Treating You?" (Alternate Take) (Boudleaux Bryant, Chet Atkins) - 2:57
  6. "How's the World Treating You?" (Master Take) - 2:56

Personnel

Production

1992 Reissue

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=helen-merrill-with-clifford-brown--gil-evans-r158795|pure_url=yes}} Dream of You]. Allmusic. April 22, 2011.

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