- ¡Olé Tormé!: Mel Tormé Goes South of the Border with Billy May
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¡Olé Tormé!: Mel Tormé Goes South of the Border with Billy May Studio album by Mel Tormé Released 1959 Recorded March 21 – April 2, 1959, Los Angeles Genre Vocal jazz Length 54:31 Label Verve Producer Carl Jefferson Mel Tormé chronology Mel Tormé's California Suite
(1957)¡Olé Tormé!: Mel Tormé Goes South of the Border with Billy May
(1959)Back in Town
(1959)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [1] ¡Olé Tormé!: Mel Tormé Goes South of the Border with Billy May is a 1959 studio album by Mel Tormé, arranged by Billy May. [2]
Track listing
No. Title Writer(s) Length 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 Pena – 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
Categories:- 1950s jazz album stubs
- Mel Tormé albums
- 1959 albums
- Verve Records albums
- Albums arranged by Billy May
- English-language albums
- Albums produced by Carl Jefferson
- Albums conducted by Billy May
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