Helen Merrill

vocals · 1929 · New York

Singer born Jelena Ana Milcetic to Croatian parents, who came to notice in 1954 with a first album with Clifford Brown arranged by Quincy Jones. She spent a large part of her career in Europe (Italy) and then in Japan, where she lived from 1966 to 1972.

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Styles

• Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese
• Cool (Birth of the Cool)

Landmark tracks

• You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To (Helen Merrill) (1954)

Sources

• Source

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