Mel Tormé, Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass
1986 studio album by Mel Tormé
Mel Tormé, Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass | ||||
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Released | 1986 | |||
Recorded | May 1986 | |||
Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
Length | 43:22 | |||
Label | Concord | |||
Producer | Carl Jefferson | |||
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Allmusic | [1] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [2] |
Mel Tormé, Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass is a 1986 studio album by Mel Tormé, accompanied by Rob McConnell's Boss Brass Big band. Tormé and McConnell's follow up album, Velvet & Brass was released in 1995.[3]
Track listing
- "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) - 4:46
- "September Song" (Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill) - 4:55
- "Don'cha Go 'Way Mad" (Illinois Jacquet, Jimmy Mundy, Al Stillman) - 4:30
- "A House Is Not a Home" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 3:37
- "The Song Is You" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 3:45
- "Cow Cow Boogie" (Benny Carter, Gene DePaul, Don Raye) - 4:00
- "Handful of Stars"/"Stars Fell on Alabama (Jack Lawrence, Ted Shapiro)/(Frank Perkins, Mitchell Parish) - 5:34
- Duke Ellington Medley: "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"/"Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me"/"Mood Indigo"/"Take the "A" Train"/"Sophisticated Lady"/"Satin Doll" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills)/(Ellington, Bob Russell)/(Barney Bigard, Ellington, Mills]])/(Ellington, Mills, Mitchell Parish)/(Strayhorn, Ellington, Johnny Mercer) - 12:15
Personnel
Recorded May 1986, in Los Angeles, U.S.:
- Mel Tormé - vocals
- The Boss Brass
- Arnie Chycoski - trumpet, flugelhorn
- Erich Traugott
- John MacLeod
- Ian McDougall - trombone
- Dave McMurdo
- Bob Livingston
- Ron Hughes - bass trombone
- James MacDonald - french horn
- Eugene Amaro - flute, tenor saxophone
- Moe Koffman - clarinet, flute, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
- Bob Leonard - flute, bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
- Rick Wilkins - clarinet, tenor saxophone
- Dave Woods - trumpet, violin, flugelhorn
- Robert Leonard - flute, bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
- George Stimpson
- Jerry Toth - flute, alto clarinet
- Jimmy Dale - piano, electric piano
- Guido Basso - harmonica, trumpet, flugelhorn
- Ed Bickert - guitar
- Jerry Fuller - drums
- Brian Leonard - percussion
- Steve Wallace - double bass
- Rob McConnell - arranger, conductor, trombone
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1409. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Mel Tormé, Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass at AllMusic
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
albums
- It's a Blue World (1955)
- Mel Tormé and the Marty Paich Dek-Tette (1956)
- Mel Tormé Sings Fred Astaire (1956)
- Mel Tormé's California Suite (1957)
- Prelude to a Kiss (1957)
- Tormé Meets the British (1957)
- Tormé (1958)
- Back in Town (1959)
- ¡Olé Tormé!: Mel Tormé Goes South of the Border with Billy May (1959)
- Broadway, Right Now! (1961)
- Mel Tormé Swings Shubert Alley (1960)
- I Dig the Duke! I Dig the Count! (1960–61)
- Swingin' on the Moon (and Margaret Whiting, 1960–61)
- My Kind of Music (1961)
- Mel Tormé Sings Sunday in New York & Other Songs About New York (1963)
- That's All (1964–66)
- Right Now! (1966)
- A Day in the Life of Bonnie and Clyde (1968)
- Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head (1969)
- Tormé: A New Album (1977)
- Together Again: For the First Time/When I Found You (and Buddy Rich, 1978)
- Top Drawer (and George Shearing, 1983)
- Mel Tormé, Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass (1986)
- Mel Tormé and the Marty Paich Dektette – Reunion (1988)
- Nothing Without You (and Cleo Laine, 1991)
- Christmas Songs (1992)
- A Tribute to Bing Crosby (1994)
- Velvet & Brass ( and Rob McConnell, 1995)
albums
- Mel Tormé at the Crescendo (1955)
- Mel Tormé at the Crescendo (1957)
- Songs for Any Taste (1957)
- Mel Tormé at the Red Hill (1962)
- Mel Tormé live at the Maisonette (1975)
- An Evening with George Shearing & Mel Tormé (1982)
- The Classic Concert Live (and Gerry Mulligan, George Shearing, 1982)
- An Evening at Charlie's (and George Shearing, 1983)
- A Vintage Year (and George Shearing, 1987)
- Mel Tormé and the Marty Paich Dektette – In Concert Tokyo (1988)
- Mel and George "Do" World War II (1990)
- Mel Tormé Live at the Fujitsu–Concord Festival 1990 (1990)
- Night at the Concord Pavilion (1990)
- Sing Sing Sing (1992)
- Mel Tormé Live at the Playboy Jazz Festival (1993)
- The Great American Songbook: Live at Michael's Pub (1992)
- An Evening with Mel Tormé (1996)
singles
- "Comin' Home Baby" (1962)