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Helen Merrill with Strings

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Helen Merrill with Strings is the second album by Helen Merrill, featuring Merrill fronting a quartet augmented by a string section arranged by Richard Hayman, recorded in 1955 and released on the EmArcy label. [1]

41 relations: Allie Wrubel, AllMusic, Anything Goes (Cole Porter song), Arrangement, Barry Galbraith, Beautiful Love (1931 song), Bernie Hanighen, Bob Shad, Charles Tobias, Cole Porter, Conducting, Double bass, Dream of You (Helen Merrill album), Drum kit, Edward Heyman, Egbert Van Alstyne, EmArcy Records, Frank Loesser, Guitar, Hank Jones, Haven Gillespie, Helen Merrill, Helen Merrill (album), Herb Magidson, Just You, Just Me, Lew Brown, Lilac Wine, Lorenz Hart, Milt Hinton, Piano, Raymond Scott, Richard Hayman, Richard Rodgers, Sam H. Stept, Singing, String section, Victor Young, Vocal jazz, Wait till You See Her, Wayne King, When I Fall in Love.

Allie Wrubel

Elias Paul "Allie" Wrubel (January 15, 1905 – December 13, 1973) was an American composer and songwriter.

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AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide or AMG) is an online music guide.

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Anything Goes (Cole Porter song)

"Anything Goes" is a song written by Cole Porter for his musical Anything Goes (1934).

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Arrangement

In music, an arrangement is a musical reconceptualization of a previously composed work.

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Barry Galbraith

Joseph Barry Galbraith (December 18, 1919, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - January 13, 1983, Bennington, Vermont) was an American jazz guitarist.

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Beautiful Love (1931 song)

"Beautiful Love" is a popular song composed by Wayne King, Victor Young and Egbert Van Alstyne with lyrics by Haven Gillespie.

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Bernie Hanighen

Bernard D. Hanighen (April 27, 1908, Omaha, Nebraska – October 19, 1976, New York City, New York) was an American songwriter and record producer best known for "When a Woman Loves a Man" and writing lyrics to the jazz composition "'Round Midnight" which was composed by jazz musician Thelonious Monk.

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Bob Shad

Robert "Bob" Shad (born Abraham Shadrinsky; February 12, 1920 – March 13, 1985) was an American record producer and record label owner.

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Charles Tobias

Charles Tobias (August 15, 1898 – July 7, 1970) was an American songwriter.

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Cole Porter

Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter.

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Conducting

Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance, such as an orchestral or choral concert.

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Double bass

The double bass, or simply the bass (and numerous other names), is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra.

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Dream of You (Helen Merrill album)

Dream of You is the third studio album by Helen Merrill which was arranged by Gil Evans.

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Drum kit

A drum kit — also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums — is a collection of drums and other percussion instruments, typically cymbals, which are set up on stands to be played by a single player, with drumsticks held in both hands, and the feet operating pedals that control the hi-hat cymbal and the beater for the bass drum.

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Edward Heyman

Edward Heyman (March 14, 1907October 16, 1981) was an American lyricist and producer, best known for his lyrics to "Body and Soul," "When I Fall in Love," and "For Sentimental Reasons." He also contributed to a number of songs for films.

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Egbert Van Alstyne

Egbert Anson Van Alstyne (March 4, 1878 – July 9, 1951) was an American songwriter and pianist.

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EmArcy Records

EmArcy Records is a jazz record label founded in 1954 by Mercury Records, and today a European jazz label owned by Universal Music Group.

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Frank Loesser

Frank Henry Loesser (June 29, 1910 – July 28, 1969) was an American songwriter who wrote the lyrics and music to the Broadway musicals Guys and Dolls and How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, among others.

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Guitar

The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that usually has six strings.

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Hank Jones

Henry "Hank" Jones Jr. (July 31, 1918 – May 16, 2010) was an American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer.

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Haven Gillespie

James Lamont Gillespie (February 6, 1888 – March 14, 1975) pen name Haven Gillespie, was an American Tin Pan Alley composer and lyricist.

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Helen Merrill

Helen Merrill (born Jelena Ana Milcetic July 21, 1930) is an American jazz vocalist.

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Helen Merrill (album)

Helen Merrill is the debut studio album by Helen Merrill, accompanied by trumpeter Clifford Brown.

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Herb Magidson

Herbert A. Magidson (January 7, 1906 – January 2, 1986) was an American popular lyricist.

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Just You, Just Me

"Just You, Just Me" is a song from the 1929 musical film Marianne, composed by Jesse Greer with lyrics by Raymond Klages.

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Lew Brown

Lew Brown (December 10, 1893 – February 5, 1958), born Louis Brownstein, was a lyricist for popular songs in the United States.

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Lilac Wine

"Lilac Wine" is a song written by James Shelton (lyrics and music) in 1950.

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Lorenz Hart

Lorenz Milton Hart (May 2, 1895 – November 22, 1943) was the lyricist and librettist half of the Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart.

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Milt Hinton

Milton John "Milt" Hinton (June 23, 1910 – December 19, 2000), regarded as the Dean of jazz bass players, was an American double bassist and photographer.

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Piano

The piano is an acoustic, stringed musical instrument invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700 (the exact year is uncertain), in which the strings are struck by hammers.

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Raymond Scott

Raymond Scott (born Harry Warnow, September 10, 1908 – February 8, 1994) was an American composer, band leader, pianist, engineer, recording studio maverick, and electronic instrument inventor.

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Richard Hayman

Richard Hayman (March 27, 1920 – February 5, 2014) was an American arranger, harmonica player and conductor.

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Richard Rodgers

Richard Charles Rodgers (June 28, 1902 – December 30, 1979) was an American composer of music, with over 900 songs and 43 Broadway musicals, leaving a legacy as one of the most significant composers of 20th century American music.

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Sam H. Stept

Samuel Howard Stept (aka Sammy Stept; 18 September 1897 – 1 December 1964) was an American songwriter who wrote for Broadway, Hollywood and the big bands.

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Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques.

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String section

The string section is composed of bowed instruments belonging to the violin family.

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Victor Young

Victor Young (August 8, 1900 – November 10, 1956)"Victor Young, Composer, Dies of Heart Attack", Oakland Tribune, November 12, 1956.

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Vocal jazz

Vocal jazz or jazz singing is an instrumental approach to the voice, where the singer can match the instruments in their stylistic approach to the lyrics, improvised or otherwise, or through scat singing; that is, the use of non-morphemic syllables to imitate the sound of instruments.

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Wait till You See Her

"Wait till You See Her" (or, sung by a female, "Wait till You See Him") is a popular song.

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Wayne King

Wayne King (February 16, 1901 – July 16, 1985) was an American musician, songwriter, singer and orchestra leader with a long association with both NBC And CBS.

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When I Fall in Love

"When I Fall in Love" is a popular song, written by Victor Young (music) and Edward Heyman (lyrics).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Merrill_with_Strings

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