The Nearness of You (Helen Merrill album)

The Nearness of You
Studio album by
Released1958
RecordedDecember 18 and 19, 1957 and February 21, 1958
StudioUniversal Recording Studios, Chicago and unnamed studio, New York City
GenreJazz
Length37:30
LabelEmArcy
Helen Merrill chronology
Merrill at Midnight
(1957)
The Nearness of You
(1958)
You've Got a Date with the Blues
(1958)

The Nearness of You is the fifth studio album by Helen Merrill. It includes performances of standards from two sessions with completely different lineups of accompanying musicians. The later session from February 21, 1958, features very notable jazz performers such as pianist Bill Evans and bassist Oscar Pettiford.