Swingin' on the Moon
1960 studio album by Mel Tormé
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| Released | 1960 | |||
| Recorded | August 3–5, 1960 | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
| Length | 38:12 | |||
| Label | Verve (MG VS-62144[1]) | |||
| Producer | Russell Garcia | |||
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| AllMusic |   [2] |
| DownBeat |  [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
Swingin' on the Moon is a 1960 album by Mel Tormé. The Moon is the connecting theme, and every track, but one, contains the word "Moon" in the title.[2]
Track listing
- "Swingin' on the Moon" (Mel Tormé) – 3:32
- "Moonlight Cocktail" (Kim Gannon, Luckey Roberts) – 3:04
- "I Wished on the Moon" (Dorothy Parker, Ralph Rainger) – 3:56
- "Moon Song" (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) – 3:16
- "How High the Moon" (Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis) – 3:13
- "Don't Let That Moon Get Away" (Johnny Burke, James V. Monaco) – 2:39
- "Blue Moon" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:46
- "A Velvet Affair" (Fred Reynolds, Sid Ramin) – 3:00
- "No Moon at All" (Redd Evans, Dave Mann) – 2:39
- "Moonlight in Vermont" (John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf) – 3:05
- "Oh, You Crazy Moon" (Burke, Van Heusen) – 3:16
- "The Moon Was Yellow" (Fred E. Ahlert, Edgar Leslie) – 2:46
Personnel
References
- ^ "Swingin' on the Moon - Mel Torme". Cash Box. December 24, 1960. p. 28. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
- ^ a b AllMusic review
- ^ Kofsky, Frank (February 16, 1961). "Mel Tormé - Swingin' on the Moon". DownBeat. p. 42. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1408. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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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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