Jelena Ana Milcetic a.k.a. Helen Merrill explained

Jelena Ana Milcetic a.k.a. Helen Merrill
Type:	studio
Artist:	Helen Merrill
Cover:	jelanaalb.jpg
Released:	January 18, 2000
Recorded:	1999
Genre:	Vocal jazz
Length:	53:13
Label:	Verve
Chronology:	Helen Merrill
Prev Title:	You and the Night and the Music
Prev Year:	1998
Next Title:	Lilac Wine
Next Year:	2003

Jelena Ana Milcetic a.k.a. Helen Merrill is a 2000 studio album by Helen Merrill.^[1] The album is a tribute to Merrill's Croatian heritage.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Alex Henderson awarded the album four and a half stars and said it was a "Helen Merrill has never been afraid to take chances, but the veteran jazz singer is especially ambitious on Jelena Ana Milcetic, an autobiographical (or at least semi-autobiographical) work that draws on jazz, pop, and folk as well as traditional Croatian music...But as unpredictable and eclectic as this album is, the CD never sounds confused or aimless...everything fits together perfectly. Jelena Ana Milcetic is among Merrill's most impressive accomplishments".^[1]

Track listing

1. "Kirje" - 3:15
2. "Imagining Krk" - 2:15
3. "Long, Long Ago" (Thomas Haynes Bayly) - 4:35
4. "My Father" (Judy Collins) - 7:18
5. "La Paloma" (Sebastián Iradier) - 5:57
6. "Tanac" (Traditional) - 1:41
7. "Wayfarin' Stranger" (Traditional) - 4:26
8. "I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen" (Thomas P. Westendorf) - 5:30
9. "Lost in the Stars" (Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson) - 5:19
10. "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" (Traditional) - 5:36
11. "Among My Souvenirs" (Edgar Leslie, Lawrence Wright) - 3:47
12. "Nobody Knows" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand) - 2:33
13. "Ti si rajski cvijet (You Are a Flower from Paradise)" - 1:01

Personnel

• Helen Merrill - vocals
• Dominic Cortese - accordion
• Gil Goldstein - accordion, arranger, piano
• Torrie Zito - arranger, conductor, Fender Rhodes
• Jesse Levy - cello
• Frank Zuback - conductor
• George Mraz - double bass
• Jeff Mironov - guitar
• Gloria Agostini - harp
• Dennis Anderson - English horn, oboe
• Steve Kroon - percussion
• Roland Hanna - piano
• Steve Lacy - soprano saxophone

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=jelena-ana-milcetic-aka-helen-merrill-r474672|pure_url=yes}} Jelena Ana Milcetic a.k.a. Helen Merrill]. Allmusic. May 7, 2011.