Jelena Ana Milcactic a.k.a. Helen Merrill

Jelena Ana Milcactic a.k.a. Helen Merrill Artist: Helen Merrill
Label: Polygram Records
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 731454308922
EAN: 0731454308922
ASIN: B00004GLP3


Release Date: 2000-07-18

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Listmania:

  1. our best helen merrill
  2. Steve Lacy fest

Tracks:

  1. Kirje
  2. Imagining Kirk
  3. Lon, Long Ago
  4. My Father
  5. La Paloma
  6. Tanac
  7. Wayfarin' Stranger
  8. I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen
  9. Lost In The Stars
  10. Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
  11. Among My Souvenirs
  12. Nobody Knows
  13. Ti Si Rajski Cvijet (You Are A Flower From Paradise)

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A singer's singer!.......2002-04-03

At 70 years of age, Helen Merrill pays hommage to her roots.
Her version of "Sometimes I feel like a motherless child" is
what I would call "high art" Only a mature, intelligent singing-actress can attain such an effect. A living treasure.

5 out of 5 stars Fresh.......2000-08-05

This is such a fresh album because of the arrangements and instrumentation and the easeful manner of delivery from those who are old masters. The repretoire is clearly not jazz business as usual. The accordian gives it a wonderful charm which blends well with voice of Helen and the incomparible soprano sax of Steve Lacy. It is great hearing Lacy improvise with the Croatian double reed instruments.

La Paloma is one of the most stunningly beautiful pieces of music I have ever heard.

5 out of 5 stars Fresh.......2000-08-05

This is such a fresh album because of the arrangments and instrumentation and the easeful manner of delivery from those who are old masters. The repretoire is clearly not jazz business as usual. The accordian gives it a wonderful charm which blends well with voice of Helen and the incomparible soprano sax of Steve Lacy. It is great hearing Lacy improvise with the Croatian double reed instruments.

La Paloma is one of the most stunningly beautiful pieces of music I have ever heard.

5 out of 5 stars A Great Jazz Singer Does It Again.......2000-07-24

Merrill, still in great voice as she nears 70, has produced a fine album, sort of a musical autobiography. A standout, in my opinion, is her rendition of "Lost In The Stars". I highly recommend this disc for aficionados of both Merrill and good singers in any genre.

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