Duets (Helen Merrill and Ron Carter album) explained

Duets
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Helen Merrill and Ron Carter
Cover:	Duets (Helen Merrill and Ron Carter album).jpg
Released:	1989
Recorded:	September 19, 1989
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	49:13
Label:	EmArcy 838 097 2
Producer:	Ron Carter
Chronology:	Helen Merrill
Prev Title:	Just Friends
Prev Year:	1989
Next Title:	Clear Out of This World
Next Year:	1992

Duets is an album by vocalist Helen Merrill and bassist Ron Carter recorded in 1989 and released on the EmArcy label.^[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow called it an "intimate and generally enjoyable set" stating "There is not a great deal of variety, and Merrill's voice has sounded stronger elsewhere, but their versions of "I Fall in Love Too Easily," "A Child Is Born," "Autumn Leaves," and "There Is No Greater Love" are memorable. One certainly has to admire Merrill's constant desire to take chances in her recordings".

Track listing

"I Fall in Love Too Easily" (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) – 3:11
"A Child Is Born" (Thad Jones, Alec Wilder) – 5:35
"Come Home Again" (Torrie Zito, Helen Merrill) – 2:30
"Little Waltz" (Ron Carter) – 4:21
"You and the Night and the Music" (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) – 2:20
"Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer) – 2:48
"Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Mercer) – 2:34
"In a Mellow Tone" (Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler) – 2:49
"The Summer Knows" (Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman) – 3:26
"There Is No Greater Love" (Isham Jones, Marty Symes) – 4:05
"Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman) – 5:00
"My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 4:17
"I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" (Victor Young, Bing Crosby, Ned Washington) – 6:17

Personnel

Helen Merrill – vocals
- Ron Carter – bass Victor See-Yuen – percussion

Notes and References

https://www.discogs.com/Helen-Merrill-Ron-Carter-Duets/release/2735803 Discogs album entry