¡Olé Tormé!
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¡Olé Tormé!: Mel Tormé Goes South of the Border with Billy May is a 1959 studio album by Mel Tormé, arranged by Billy May.[4][5] It was one of many Latin-tinged jazz albums released in the late 1950s and early 1960s.[6]
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1959 | |||
Recorded | March 21 – April 2, 1959, Los Angeles | |||
Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
Length | 54:31 | |||
Label | Verve | |||
Producer | Carl Jefferson | |||
Mel Tormé chronology | ||||
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Track listing
editNo. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "At the Crossroads (Malagueña)" | Ernesto Lecuona, Bob Russell | 2:39 |
2. | "Frenesi" | Alberto Dominguez, Leonard Whitcup | 2:36 |
3. | "Adios" | Enric Madriguera, Harry M. Woods | 2:05 |
4. | "Baia" | Ary Barroso, Ray Gilbert | 2:30 |
5. | "Six Lessons from Madame la Zonga" | James V. Monaco, Charles Newman | 3:10 |
6. | "Rosita" | Gus Haenschen | 2:58 |
7. | "South of the Border" | Michael Carr, Jimmy Kennedy | 3:03 |
8. | "Nina" | Cole Porter | 2:36 |
9. | "Cuban Love Song" | Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh, Herbert Stothart | 2:04 |
10. | "Perfidia" | Alberto Dominguez | 2:08 |
11. | "The Rhumba Jumps!" | Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer | 2:14 |
12. | "Vaya Con Dios (May God Be with You)" | Inez James, Buddy Pepper, Larry Russell | 3:19 |
Personnel
edit- Mel Tormé – vocals, drums
- Frank Beach – trumpet
- Pete Candoli
- Conrad Gozzo
- Manny Klein
- Eddie Kusby – trombone
- Tommy Pederson
- Dave Wells
- Si Zentner
- Gene Cipriano – woodwind
- Chuck Gentry
- Justin Gordon
- Wilbur Schwartz
- Bud Shank
- Red Callender – tuba
- Verlye Mills – harp
- Jimmy Rowles – piano
- Al Pelligrini
- Bob Gibbons – guitar
- Ralph Peña – double bass
- Lou Singer – percussion, drums, marimba
- Alvin Stoller – drums
- Larry Bunker – drums, marimba
- Billy May – arranger, conductor
- Sheldon Marks – art direction
- William Rotsler – cover photo
References
edit- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ DeMichael, Don (4 February 1960). "Mel Torme-Billy May: Ole Torme!". DownBeat. Vol. 27, no. 3. p. 30.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1408. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ ¡Olé Tormé!: Mel Tormé Goes South of the Border with Billy May at AllMusic
- ^ Friedwald, Will (May 18, 2010). A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers. Pantheon Books. ISBN 9780375421495 – via Google Books.
- ^ Firmat, Gustavo Perez (October 26, 2010). The Havana Habit. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0300168761 – via Google Books.