24-bit/44.1 kHz FLAC (tracks) | 37 min | Genre: Jazz | Label: RevOla | 1958/2019 | 321 MBHelen Merrill dates are always something special.

This set for Metrojazz, which has been reissued as a Verve CD, matches the cool-toned yet inwardly heated singer with an all-star sextet arranged by Quincy Jones and featuring solos by trumpeter Kenny Dorham and either Frank Wess or Jerome Richardson on flute and tenor.

The repertoire includes versions of “You Go to My Head” and “Just Squeeze Me” sung in French, a couple of numbers by producer Leonard Feather, Duke Ellington’s “The Blues From Black, Brown and Beige,” and a haunting rendition of “The Thrill Is Gone.

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Tracklist:5:25 | 01. Helen Merrill – The Blues (From Black, Brown & Beige) (Remastered)3:35 | 02. Helen Merrill – Am I Blue? (Remastered)3:22 | 03. Helen Merrill – Blue Gardenia (Remastered)3:32 | 04. Helen Merrill – You’ve Got A Date With The Blues (Remastered)3:38 | 05. Helen Merrill – The Thrill Is Gone (Remastered)3:11 | 06. Helen Merrill – (Ah, The Apple Trees) When The World Was Young (Remastered)3:41 | 07. Helen Merrill – Blues In My Heart (Remastered)3:26 | 08. Helen Merrill – Vous m’eblouissez (You Go To My Head) (Remastered)2:50 | 09. Helen Merrill – Lorsque tu m’embrasses (Just Squeeze Me) (Remastered)3:11 | 10. Helen Merrill – The Meaning Of The Blues (Remastered)1:33 | 11. Helen Merrill – Signing Off (Remastered)