Summary: <p><span style="font-size: small;">Helen Merrill’s voice is an instrument that </span><span style="font-size: small;">sometimes carries the melody and sometimes </span><span style="font-size: small;">complements the improvisational skills of </span><span style="font-size: small;">her co-musicians. In this session from 1995, </span><span style="font-size: small;">McPartland performs a “Portrait of Helen </span><br><span style="font-size: small;">Merrill.” Merrill joins McPartland to perform </span><span style="font-size: small;">songs popularized by Billie Holiday, including </span><span style="font-size: small;">Bob Haggart’s “What’s New” and Holiday’s </span><span style="font-size: small;">“Don’t Explain.”</span></p>
