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Merrill at Midnight

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Merrill at Midnight
Studio album by
Released1957
RecordedFebruary 21 & 27, 1957
New York City
GenreJazz
Length28:29
LabelEmArcy
MG 36107
ProducerBob Shad
Helen Merrill chronology
Dream of You
(1956–57)
Merrill at Midnight
(1957)
The Nearness of You
(1957)

Merrill at Midnight is the fourth album by Helen Merrill, featuring the singer fronting a quartet augmented by an orchestra arranged and conducted by Hal Mooney, recorded in 1957 and released on the EmArcy label.[1]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Tom Hull – on the WebB[3]

The AllMusic review by Bruce Eder stated "this one's a keeper and in a class by itself, with lots and lots of class."[2]

Track listing

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  1. "Soft as Spring" (Alec Wilder) – 3:06
  2. "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair" (Traditional) – 2:27
  3. "Lazy Afternoon" (John La Touche, Jerome Moross) – 3:00
  4. "The Things We Did Last Summer" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 3:02
  5. "After You" (Cole Porter) – 3:01
  6. "If You Go" (Geoffrey Parsons) – 3:08
  7. "If I Forget You" (Irving Caesar) – 3:16
  8. "If Love Were All" (Noël Coward) – 3:02
  9. "Easy Come Easy Go" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) – 3:41
  10. "I'll Be Around" (Wilder) – 2:42
  • Recorded in New York on February 21, 1957 (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7 & 10) and February 27, 1957 (tracks 2, 4, 6, 8 & 9)

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ EmArcy Records discography accessed October 5, 2012
  2. ^ a b Eder, B. Allmusic Review accessed October 5, 2012
  3. ^ Hull, Tom (July 5, 2021). "Music Week". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved July 7, 2021.