Music Makers (album)

Music Makers
Studio album by Helen Merrill
Released	1986
Recorded	March 1986
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	47:39
Label	Owl Records
Producer	Jean-Jacques Pussiau, Francois LeMaire
Helen Merrill chronology
No Tears, No Goodbyes (1984) Music Makers (1986) Collaboration (1986)

Music Makers is a 1986 studio album by Helen Merrill.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album four stars and said "all of the songs sound quite fresh, partly due to the unusual instrumentation and also partly because of the players' inventiveness".^[1]

Track listing

1. "'Round Midnight" (Bernie Hanighen, Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams) - 5:56
2. "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" (Traditional) - 4:28
3. "A Tout Choisir" (Joël Holmès) - 2:08
4. "When Lights Are Low" (Benny Carter, Spencer Williams) - 3:28
5. "And Still She Is With Me" (Gordon Beck) - 4:52
6. "Music Makers" (Helen Merrill, Torrie Zito) - 3:11
7. "Laura" (Johnny Mercer, David Raksin) - 4:30
8. "As Time Goes By" (Hermann Hupfeld) - 5:17
9. "A Girl in Calico" (Arthur Schwartz) - 3:35
10. "(In My) Solitude" (Eddie DeLange, Duke Ellington, Gordon Mills) - 3:39
11. "Oh, Lady Be Good!" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:40
12. "Nuages" (Django Reinhardt) - 3:58

Personnel

Performance

• Helen Merrill - arranger, vocals
• Gordon Beck - arranger, performer, piano, electric piano
• Steve Lacy - soprano saxophone
• Stéphane Grappelli - violin

Production

• Bernard Amiard - art direction, cover art concept, cover design, design
• Christian Orsini - cutting engineer, engineer
• Jean-Marie Guérin - engineer
• Laurent Peyron - engineer, mixing
• Leonard Feather - liner notes
• Jean-Jacques Pussiau - photography, producer
• Francois LeMaire - producer
• Pascal Bodin - release preparation

References