Helen Merrill is one of the greatest stylists of jazz, her voice cool , great sensitivity, a repertoire wonderful and a recording career that has unfolded over more than 6 decades.
Merrill's real name is Jelena Ana Milcetic. Born in New York in 1930, Croatian immigrant parents, and began singing in jazz clubs at age 14. In 1954 he recorded the first of its 50 discs.
He toured worldwide and is known especially in Italy and Japan, where he lived for some years.
During his long career was closely linked to Brazilian music, always including Brazilian themes in their recordings. The way of singing of Helen is very close to the rhythm of the bossa-nova, although his accent in Portuguese is not very good.
Here is a selection of some of his songs "Brazilian." Edson Mendes
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Tracks
01 Antonio's Song (Michael Franks)
02 A man and a woman (Lai - Barouh - Keller) 03
drinking water (AC Jobim - Vinicius de Moraes) 04
strong House (Edu Lobo) 05
Charade (Henry Mancini - Johnny Mercer) 06
So many stars (Sergio Mendes - Marilyn B. Allen)
07 Folly (AC Jobim - Vinicius de Moraes) 08
Fly Me to the Moon (Bart Howard)
09 Corcovado (AC Jobim) 10
One Note Samba (AC Jobim - Vinicius de Moraes )
11 Garota de Ipanema (AC Jobim - Vinicius de Moraes) 12
Morning of Carnaval (Luiz Bonfa - Antonio Maria) 13
The singer (Dori Cayman - Nelson Motta) 14 Sinjite
Itai (Miyagawa - Tsukada)
15 The Shadow of Your Smile (Mandel - Webster)
16 Wave (AC Jobim)
Merrill's real name is Jelena Ana Milcetic. Born in New York in 1930, Croatian immigrant parents, and began singing in jazz clubs at age 14. In 1954 he recorded the first of its 50 discs.
He toured worldwide and is known especially in Italy and Japan, where he lived for some years.
During his long career was closely linked to Brazilian music, always including Brazilian themes in their recordings. The way of singing of Helen is very close to the rhythm of the bossa-nova, although his accent in Portuguese is not very good.
Here is a selection of some of his songs "Brazilian." Edson Mendes
Seleção
Tracks
01 Antonio's Song (Michael Franks)
02 A man and a woman (Lai - Barouh - Keller) 03
drinking water (AC Jobim - Vinicius de Moraes) 04
strong House (Edu Lobo) 05
Charade (Henry Mancini - Johnny Mercer) 06
So many stars (Sergio Mendes - Marilyn B. Allen)
07 Folly (AC Jobim - Vinicius de Moraes) 08
Fly Me to the Moon (Bart Howard)
09 Corcovado (AC Jobim) 10
One Note Samba (AC Jobim - Vinicius de Moraes )
11 Garota de Ipanema (AC Jobim - Vinicius de Moraes) 12
Morning of Carnaval (Luiz Bonfa - Antonio Maria) 13
The singer (Dori Cayman - Nelson Motta) 14 Sinjite
Itai (Miyagawa - Tsukada)
15 The Shadow of Your Smile (Mandel - Webster)
16 Wave (AC Jobim)
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