Dream of You (Helen Merrill album)

Dream of You
Studio album by Helen Merrill
Released	1957
Recorded	July 26, 1956 - February 27, 1957
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	57:30
Label	EmArcy
Helen Merrill chronology
Helen Merrill (1955) Dream of You (1957) The Nearness of You (1958)

Dream of You is the second studio album by Helen Merrill, arranged by Gil Evans.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

The Allmusic review by Stephen Cook awarded the album four stars and said that "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" (Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra, 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

Personnel

• Helen Merrill - vocals
• Oscar Pettiford - double bass
• Hank Jones - piano
• John LaPorta - clarinet, alto saxophone
• Joe Morello - drums
• Jerome Richardson - flute, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Barry Galbraith - guitar
• Janet Putnam - harp
• Danny Bank - baritone saxophone
• Joe Bennett - trombone
• Jimmy Cleveland
• Art Farmer - trumpet
• Louis Mucci
• Gil Evans - arranger, conductor

Production

• Peter Pullman - liner notes
• Bob Shad - producer
• Cliff Preiss - production assistant
• Andrew Nicholas - remastering
• Will Friedwald - research
• Michael Lang - supervisor
• Kiyoshi "Boxman" Koyama - tape research

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Dream of You". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/helen-merrill-with-clifford-brown--gil-evans-r158795. Retrieved April 22, 2011.