EmArcy session · in the studio

December 22, 1954

Helen Merrill With Quincy Jones And His Orchestra

In the room

Helen Merrill – vocal
Clifford Brown – trumpet
Danny Bank – flute, baritone sax
Barry Galbraith – guitar
Quincy Jones – arranger, conductor
Jimmy Jones – piano
Milt Hinton – bass
Osie Johnson – drums

The takes

What the numbers mean

Mercury numbered its masters by the tune; the take kept is the one that was issued.

Matrix · take	Title	First out on
11087-5	Don't Explain	MG-36006
11088-3	Born To Be Blue	MG-36006
11089-6	You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To	MG-36006
11090-10	'S Wonderful	MG-36006

4 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it

Where it ended up

Helen Merrill With Quincy Jones And His Orchestra – Helen Merrill (EmArcy MG-36006)

MG-36006 · 1955Helen MerrillHelen Merrill With Quincy Jones And His Orchestra

Together elsewhere

The other albums at least two of these players are on together.

5 of them 1 album

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	MG-36104	The Swingin' Miss D	Dinah Washington	1957	Danny Bank, Barry Galbraith, Quincy Jones, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson

4 of them 6 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
LP 1228	Chris Connor	Chris Connor With Ralph Burns' Orchestra	1956	Danny Bank, Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
MG-36086	For Jazz Lovers	Various Artists	1956	Helen Merrill, Clifford Brown, Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton
MG-36087	Today Is Bargain Day - A Collection Of All Star High Fidelity Recordings	Various Artists	1956	Clifford Brown, Barry Galbraith, Quincy Jones, Jimmy Jones
BCP-84	Just For Variety - Bethlehem's Best Volume Three	Various Artists	1958	Danny Bank, Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
CL 1157	Lady In Satin	Billie Holiday	1958	Danny Bank, Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
LP 1342	The Ballad Artistry Of Milt Jackson	Milt Jackson With Quincy Jones' Orchestra	1960	Barry Galbraith, Quincy Jones, Jimmy Jones, Milt Hinton

3 of them 34 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
BCP-12	Mellophone	Don Elliott	1955	Danny Bank, Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton
BCP-15	Don Elliott Sings	Don Elliott Nonet	1955	Danny Bank, Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton
BCP-16	East Coast Jazz/8	Hal McKusick	1955	Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
PRLP 208	King Pleasure Sings	Charlie Ferguson Quintet With King Pleasure	1955	Danny Bank, Quincy Jones, Jimmy Jones
BCP-1008	Aaron Sachs Quintette	Aaron Sachs Quintette / Aaron Sachs' Sextet	1955	Danny Bank, Barry Galbraith, Osie Johnson
MG-36057	Helen Merrill With Strings	Helen Merrill	1955	Helen Merrill, Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton
LP 1245	Wednesday's Child	Patty McGovern And Thomas Talbert	1956	Danny Bank, Barry Galbraith, Osie Johnson
LP 1250	Bix-Duke-Fats	Arranged By Tom Talbert	1956	Danny Bank, Barry Galbraith, Osie Johnson
MG-36078	Dream Of You	Helen Merrill	1956	Helen Merrill, Danny Bank, Barry Galbraith
MG-36085	The Young Ones Of Jazz	Various Artists	1956	Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
MG-36088	The Greatest Stars Of Jazz Under One Roof	Various Artists	1956	Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
BCP-7	We Brought Our Axes	Hank D'Amico/Aaron Sachs	1957	Danny Bank, Barry Galbraith, Osie Johnson
BCP-73	Moody	Marilyn Moore	1957	Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
LP 1256	That Satin Doll	Carol Stevens With Phil Moore's Music	1957	Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
BCP-6014	All Of Me - The Debonair Mr. Hartman	Johnny Hartman	1957	Danny Bank, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
BCP-83	Just For Variety - Bethlehem's Best Volume Two	Various Artists	1958	Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
CL 1152	Little Jimmy Rushing And The Big Brass	Jimmy Rushing And His Orchestra	1958	Danny Bank, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
PRLP 7128	King Pleasure Sings, Annie Ross Sings	Annie Ross With Teacho Wiltshire And His Band	1958	Danny Bank, Quincy Jones, Jimmy Jones
BCP-88	Jazz Music For People Who Don't Care About Money	Various Artists	1959	Danny Bank, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
BCP-92	No Sour Grapes ...Just Pure Jazz	Various Artists	1959	Danny Bank, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
BCP-90	A Handful Of Cool Jazz	Various Artists	1960	Danny Bank, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
BCP-91	A Lot Of Yarn But A Well Knitted Jazz Album	Various Artists	1960	Danny Bank, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
RLP 328	Love Locked Out	Bev Kelly	1960	Jimmy Jones, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
CL 1419	The New Jazz Sound Of Show Boat	John Carisi	1960	Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
BCP-6035	Fifteen Star Saxophones	Various Artists	1960	Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
A-9	Into The Hot	The Gil Evans Orchestra	1962	Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
A-22	Cabin In The Sky	Curtis Fuller	1962	Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
RLP 472	Fusion!	Wes Montgomery With Strings	1963	Jimmy Jones, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
V-8508	Full Nelson	Oliver Nelson	1963	Danny Bank, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
V-8571	The Essential Gene Krupa	Gene Krupa Trio At JATP	1963	Danny Bank, Barry Galbraith, Quincy Jones
V-8555	The Individualism Of Gil Evans	Gil Evans Orchestra	1964	Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
V-8594	Verve's Choice!	The Best Of Gene Krupa	1964	Danny Bank, Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton
V-8726	Don't Sleep In The Subway	Johnny Hodges	1967	Danny Bank, Jimmy Jones, Milt Hinton
PR 7586	Original Moody's Mood	King Pleasure	1968	Danny Bank, Quincy Jones, Jimmy Jones

2 of them 76 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
PR 7840	Gigi Gryce Et Son Orchestre · not on the site yet	Gigi Gryce Et Son Orchestre	1953	Clifford Brown, Quincy Jones
PRLP 167	Clifford Brown, Art Farmer And The Swedish All Stars	Cliff Brown - Art Farmer With The Swedish All Stars	1954	Clifford Brown, Quincy Jones
MGN-1003	Afro	Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra	1954	Danny Bank, Quincy Jones
BLP 5045	George Wallington And His Band	George Wallington And His Band	1954	Danny Bank, Quincy Jones
BCP-10	East Coast Jazz/5	Milt Hinton	1955	Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
BCP-14	Urbie - East Coast Jazz/6	Urbie Green	1955	Danny Bank, Osie Johnson
BCP-18	I'm Nuts About The Most....Sam That Is! - East Coast Jazz/9	Sam Most	1955	Barry Galbraith, Osie Johnson
BCP-20	This Is Chris	Chris Connor	1955	Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
CL 701	Jumpin' At The Woodside	Buck Clayton	1955	Jimmy Jones, Milt Hinton
BCP-1009	East Coast Jazz/1	Bobby Scott	1955	Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
BCP-1014	Jonah Jones Sextet	Jonah Jones Sextet	1955	Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
BCP-1019	Basically Duke	Oscar Pettiford	1955	Danny Bank, Osie Johnson
BCP-1020	East Coast Jazz/5	Milt Hinton	1955	Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
MGN-1023	Dizzy And Strings	Dizzy Gillespie With Johnny Richards And His Orchestra	1955	Danny Bank, Quincy Jones
BCP-1039	Joe Derise	Joe Derise Trio	1955	Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
MGN-1039	Music With Feeling	Ben Webster With Strings	1955	Danny Bank, Osie Johnson
MG-36004	Sarah Vaughan	Sarah Vaughan With Clifford Brown Sextet	1955	Clifford Brown, Jimmy Jones
MG-36005	Clifford Brown With Strings	Clifford Brown - Max Roach Quintet With Neal Hefti Orchestra	1955	Clifford Brown, Barry Galbraith
MG-36011	For These In Love	Dinah Washington	1955	Barry Galbraith, Quincy Jones
BCP-56	Chris	Chris Connor	1956	Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
BCP-61	Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries	Howard McGhee	1956	Danny Bank, Osie Johnson
CL 778	Cat Meets Chick A Story In Jazz	Ada Moore, Buck Clayton And His Orchestra, Jimmy Rushing	1956	Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
CL 892	Jay & Kai + 6: The Jay And Kai Trombone Octet	J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding	1956	Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
MGN-1082	Billy Bauer, Plectrist	Billy Bauer Quartet	1956	Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
BCP-6006	Bethlehem's Girl Friends	Julie London, Carmen McRae, Chris Connor	1956	Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
PRLP 7055	Clifford Brown Memorial	Tadd Dameron And His Orchestra	1956	Clifford Brown, Quincy Jones
MG-36066	Introducing Jimmy Cleveland And His All Stars	Jimmy Cleveland Octet	1956	Barry Galbraith, Osie Johnson
MG-36072	Scotch On The Rocks	Joe Saye	1956	Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton
BCP-2	Jazz Mainstream	Oscar Pettiford/Red Mitchell	1957	Danny Bank, Osie Johnson
BCP-4	Jazz Kaleidoscope	Pete Brown/Jonah Jones	1957	Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
BCP-8	The Compositions Of Bobby Scott	Bobby Scott Septet	1957	Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
BCP-66	The Happy Jazz Of Osie Johnson	Osie Johnson And His Combos / Osie Johnson Octet	1957	Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
CL 941	Music For Brass	The Brass Ensemble Of The Jazz And Classical Music Society	1957	Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
CL 963	The Jazz Odyssey Of James Rushing Esq.	Jimmy Rushing With Buck Clayton And His Orchestra	1957	Danny Bank, Milt Hinton
LP 1255	Lush Life	Joe Mooney's Songs	1957	Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
LP 1263	The Warm Sound	Frances Wayne	1957	Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
LP 3243	This Is Lucy Reed	Lucy Reed	1957	Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton
MGV-8207	Here Come The Swinging Bands	Various Artists	1957	Danny Bank, Quincy Jones
MG-36107	Merrill At Midnight	Helen Merrill	1957	Helen Merrill, Milt Hinton
BCP-82	Just For Variety - Bethlehem's Best Volume One	Various Artists	1958	Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
RLP 12-276	John Benson Brooks' Alabama Concerto Featuring Cannonball Adderley, Art Farmer	John Benson Brooks Featuring Cannonball Adderley, Art Farmer	1958	Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton
LP 1285	Sing Me A Swing Song	Bobby Short	1958	Danny Bank, Barry Galbraith
BCP-85	Nothing Cheesy About This Jazz - Do You Dig It?	Various Artists	1959	Danny Bank, Osie Johnson
BCP-86	We Cut This Album For Bread	Various Artists	1959	Danny Bank, Osie Johnson
BCP-87	Double Barrel Jazz - No Blanks Here	Various Artists	1959	Danny Bank, Osie Johnson
BCP-89	We've Built A Jazz Album ...For You	Various Artists	1959	Danny Bank, Osie Johnson
CL 1250	Legrand Jazz	Michel Legrand	1959	Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
MGV-8292	Gene Krupa Plays Gerry Mulligan Arrangements	Gene Krupa And His Orchestra	1959	Danny Bank, Barry Galbraith
MG-36146	Jump For Joy	Cannonball Adderley	1959	Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton
BCP-6034	Smart.. Luscious.. Beautiful - Sounds Of The Trumpets	Various Artists	1960	Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
BCP-6041	An Intimate Variety Of Vocal Charm	Nina Simone And Her Friends	1960	Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
BCP-6042	Dixieland	Jonah Jones, Jack Teagarden	1960	Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
MGV-8359	The Soul Of Ben Webster	Ben Webster Septet	1960	Jimmy Jones, Milt Hinton
MGV-8370	The Guitar Artistry Of Tal Farlow	Tal Farlow	1960	Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
MGV-8371	Tal Farlow Plays The Music Of Harold Arlen	Tal Farlow	1960	Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
A-11	The Quintessence	Quincy Jones And His Orchestra	1961	Quincy Jones, Milt Hinton
CL 1618	Like Tweet - Jazz Versions Of Authentic Bird Calls	Joe Puma	1961	Barry Galbraith, Osie Johnson
CJM 8008	Wild Women Don't Have The Blues	Nancy Harrow	1961	Danny Bank, Milt Hinton
V-8414	Percussion King	Gene Krupa	1961	Danny Bank, Milt Hinton
RLP 411	Letter From Home	The Voice Of Eddie Jefferson	1962	Barry Galbraith, Osie Johnson
LP-721	French Cookin'	Budd Johnson	1963	Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
V-8838	Gil Evans Orchestra · not on the site yet	Gil Evans Orchestra	1963	Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton
A-52	Salt And Pepper	Sonny Stitt And Paul Gonsalves	1964	Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
A-67	Great Scott!!	Shirley Scott Trio	1964	Barry Galbraith, Osie Johnson
A-74	The Voice That Is!	Johnny Hartman	1964	Barry Galbraith, Osie Johnson
A-100	The Definitive Jazz Scene Volume 2	Various Artists	1964	Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
V-8561	Sandy's Gone	Johnny Hodges	1964	Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
A-78	You Better Know It!!!	Lionel Hampton	1965	Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
PR 7346	Now! Hear!	Andy And The Bey Sisters	1965	Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton
PR 7385	Out Of Sight!	Pat Bowie	1965	Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
PR 7411	'Round Midnight	Andy And The Bey Sisters	1965	Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
PR 7439	Sylvia Is!	Sylvia Syms With Kenny Burrell	1965	Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson
V-8619	When My Dreamboat Comes Home	Bill Henderson	1965	Jimmy Jones, Milt Hinton
A-9103	It Serve You Right To Suffer	John Lee Hooker	1965	Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton
A-9113	Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle	Oliver Nelson And His Orchestra	1966	Danny Bank, Barry Galbraith
V-8680	Blue Notes	Johnny Hodges	1967	Danny Bank, Jimmy Jones