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Dream of You is a studio album by Helen Merrill, which was arranged and conducted by Gil Evans.

Reception

AllMusic review by Stephen Cook awarded the album 4 stars stating “Even though her collaborations with Clifford Brown and others are great recordings, this one with Gil Evans shows off more of Merrill’s expressive vocal talents, due in no small part to the sympathetic and urbane arrangements.”

Track listing
“People Will Say We’re in Love” (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 2:34
“By Myself” (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 3:23
“Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home” (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 4:10
“I’ve Never Seen” (Don Marcotte) – 3:33
“He Was Too Good to Me” (Lorenz Hart, Rodgers) – 3:01
“A New Town Is a Blue Town” (Richard Adler, Jerry Ross) – 3:09
“You’re Lucky to Me” (Eubie Blake, Andy Razaf) – 3:25
“Where Flamingos Fly” (John Benson Brooks, Harold Courlander, Elthea Peale) – 2:44
“Dream of You” (Jimmie Lunceford, Michael Morales, Sy Oliver) – 2:53
“I’m a Fool to Want You” (Frank Sinatra, Joel Herron, Jack Wolf) – 4:06
“I’m Just a Lucky So and So” (Mack David, Duke Ellington) – 3:08
“Troubled Waters” (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) – 3:14

Personnel
Helen Merrill – vocals
Gil Evans – arranger, conductor
John LaPorta – clarinet, alto saxophone
Jerome Richardson – flute, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
Danny Bank – baritone saxophone
Art Farmer, Louis Mucci – trumpet
Jimmy Cleveland, Joe Bennett – trombone
Hank Jones – piano
Janet Putnam – harp
Barry Galbraith – guitar
Oscar Pettiford – double bass
Joe Morello – drums
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Released: 1957
Recorded: July 26, 1956 – February 27, 1957
Length: 57:30
Label: EmArcy
Producer: Bob Shad