Mel Tormé Swings Shubert Alley
1960 studio album by Mel Tormé
Mel Tormé Swings Shubert Alley | ||||
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Released | 1960 | |||
Recorded | 1960 | |||
Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
Length | 38:23 | |||
Label | Verve | |||
Producer | Russell Garcia | |||
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Allmusic | [1] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [2] |
Mel Tormé Swings Shubert Alley is a 1960 album by Mel Tormé, arranged by Marty Paich.[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings selected the album as part of its suggested “core collection” of essential recordings. [2]
Track listing
- "Too Close for Comfort" (Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener, George David Weiss) – 3:59
- "Once in Love with Amy" (Frank Loesser) – 3:08
- "A Sleepin' Bee" (Harold Arlen, Truman Capote) – 3:29
- "On the Street Where You Live" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 2:51
- "All I Need Is a Girl" (Stephen Sondheim, Jule Styne) – 3:03
- "Just in Time" (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Styne) – 3:23
- "Hello, Young Lovers" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 3:06
- "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" (Hammerstein, Rodgers) – 2:57
- "Old Devil Moon" (Yip Harburg, Burton Lane) – 2:46
- "Whatever Lola Wants" (Richard Adler, Jerry Ross) – 3:18
- "Too Darn Hot" (Cole Porter) – 2:44
- "Lonely Town" (Leonard Bernstein, Comden, Green) – 3:39
Personnel
- Performance
- Mel Tormé - vocals, drums
- Joe Mondragon - double bass
- Mel Lewis - drums
- Vincent DeRosa - french horn
- Marty Paich - piano, arranger
- Art Pepper - alto saxophone
- Bill Hood - baritone saxophone
- Bill Perkins - tenor saxophone
- Frank Rosolino - trombone
- Al Porcino - trumpet
- Stu Williamson - trumpet
- Red Callender - tuba
- Production
- Val Valentin - engineer
- Russell Garcia - producer
References
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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)