¡Olé Tormé!
1959 studio album by Mel Tormé
¡Olé Tormé!: Mel Tormé Goes South of the Border with Billy May | ||||
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Released | 1959 | |||
Recorded | March 21 – April 2, 1959, Los Angeles | |||
Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
Length | 54:31 | |||
Label | Verve | |||
Producer | Carl Jefferson | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
DownBeat | [2] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
¡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]
Track listing
No. | 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
- 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
- ^ 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.
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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)
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