Helen Merrill

E348389
human jazz singer recording artist vocalist

Helen Merrill is an American jazz vocalist renowned for her cool, introspective style and influential recordings with leading jazz musicians of the 1950s.

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Helen Merrill canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
jazz singer ⓘ
recording artist ⓘ
vocalist ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1944 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Helen Merrill Milčetić ⓘ
birthName Jelena Ana Milcetic ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1930-07-21 ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Croatian diaspora ⓘ
surface form: Croatian American
familyName Merrill ⓘ
genre cool jazz ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
givenName Helen ⓘ
influenced later generations of jazz vocalists ⓘ
influencedBy cool jazz movement ⓘ
label EmArcy Records ⓘ
Mercury Records ⓘ
RCA Records ⓘ
languageOfPerformance English ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ
name Helen Merrill self-link ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableCharacteristic intimate, emotionally nuanced phrasing ⓘ
subtle use of vibrato ⓘ
notableFor influential jazz vocal recordings in the 1950s ⓘ
notableWork album "Dream of You" (1956–1957) ⓘ
album "Helen Merrill in Tokyo" (1963) ⓘ
album "Helen Merrill" (1954) ⓘ
album "Merrill at Midnight" (1957) ⓘ
album "Parole e Musica" (1960) ⓘ
album "The Nearness of You" (1958) ⓘ
occupation jazz vocalist ⓘ
singer ⓘ
performedInCountry Italy ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
placeOfBirth New York City ⓘ
The Bronx ⓘ
recordedWith Bill Evans ⓘ
Clifford Brown ⓘ
Gil Evans ⓘ
Jimmy Raney ⓘ
Oscar Pettiford ⓘ
Quincy Jones ⓘ
Stan Getz ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
startedCareer 1940s ⓘ
stateOfBirth New York ⓘ
vocalStyle cool, introspective style ⓘ

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Falling in Love with Love → hasNotableRecordingArtist → Helen Merrill ⓘ
EmArcy Records → notableArtist → Helen Merrill ⓘ
Helen Merrill → name → Helen Merrill self-link ⓘ
You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To → hasNotableRecordingBy → Helen Merrill ⓘ