HELEN MERRILL + RON CARTER - Duets (1989) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

 Singer Helen Merrill and bassist Ron Carter explore 11 standards and an original apiece on this intimate and generally enjoyable set. There is not a great deal of variety, and Merrill's voice has sounded stronger elsewhere, but their versions of "I Fall in Love Too Easily," "A Child Is Born," "Autumn Leaves," and "There Is No Greater Love" are memorable. One certainly has to admire Merrill's constant desire to take chances in her recordings. Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1     I Fall in Love Too Easily 3'11
Sammy Cahn / Jule Styne
2     A Child Is Born 5'35
Thad Jones / Alec Wilder
3     Come Home Again 2'30
Helen Merrill / Torrie Zito
4     Little Waltz 4'1
Ron Carter
5     You and the Night and the Music 2'20
Howard Dietz / Arthur Schwartz
6     Autumn Leaves 2'48
Joseph Kosma / Johnny Mercer / Jacques Prévert
7     Come Rain or Come Shine 2'34
Harold Arlen / Johnny Mercer
8     In a Mellow Tone 2'49
Duke Ellington / Milt Gabler
9     The Summer Knows 3'26
Alan Bergman / Marilyn Bergman / Michel Legrand
10     There Is No Greater Love 4'05
Isham Jones / Marty Symes
11     Lover Man 5'00
Jimmie Davis / Jimmy Davis / Roger "Ram" Ramirez / James Sherman / Jimmy Sherman
12     My Funny Valenntine 4'17
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers     
13     I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You 6'17
Bing Crosby / Ned Washington / Victor Young
Credits :
Arranged By, Producer, Bass – Ron Carter
Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder
Percussion – Victor See-Yuen
Vocals – Helen Merrill