HELEN MERRILL - AFFINITY (CONTINENTAL RECORDS, 1982)

A1. This Hotel
A2. All Blues/St. Louis Blues
A3. Under Darkest Skies

B1. Sunayama
B2. No More Blues
B3. A Love Like Ours
B4. Bei Mir Bist du Schoen/You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To


Helen Merrill, vocals
Masahiko Sato, piano, electric piano
Hozan Yamamoto, shakuhachi
Noboyushi Ino, bass
Masahiko Togashi, percussion


Recorded at Teichiku Suginami Studio, Tokyo, on 10-11 July, 1982

Continental Records - Teichiku / HL-5017

Vinyl Rip

HELEN MERRILL with the GARY PEACOCK TRIO "S'POSIN" (VICTOR/STORYVILLE, 1971)

The great Helen Merrill's most challenging, outer worldly record ever, featuring loose, free  highly textured arrangements by Masahiko Sato and Peacock, recorded just 4 months before the epochal "Samadhi' by the trio...
This also features a touching version of Ellington's 'In a sentimental mood' which is so obviously Gary Peacock's very moving tribute to Jimmy Blanton... beautiful oh so beautiful, painfully so..

Only reissued on Cd in Japan and out of print to the best of my knowledge ..
This rip is taken from the early 70's Storyville LP ..

Helen Merrill is as far as i know still recording...and well worth supporting !
she has a website here
ENJOY!!!!

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