Mel Tormé Swings Shubert Alley

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Mel Tormé Swings Shubert Alley
Studio album by
Released1960
Recorded1960
GenreVocal jazz
Length38:23
LabelVerve
ProducerRussell Garcia
Mel Tormé chronology
Back in Town
(1960)
Mel Tormé Swings Shubert Alley
(1960)
Swingin' On the Moon
(1961)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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[edit]

  1. "Too Close for Comfort" (Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener, George David Weiss) – 3:59
  2. "Once in Love with Amy" (Frank Loesser) – 3:08
  3. "A Sleepin' Bee" (Harold Arlen, Truman Capote) – 3:29
  4. "On the Street Where You Live" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 2:51
  5. "All I Need Is a Girl" (Stephen Sondheim, Jule Styne) – 3:03
  6. "Just in Time" (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Styne) – 3:23
  7. "Hello, Young Lovers" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 3:06
  8. "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" (Hammerstein, Rodgers) – 2:57
  9. "Old Devil Moon" (Yip Harburg, Burton Lane) – 2:46
  10. "Whatever Lola Wants" (Richard Adler, Jerry Ross) – 3:18
  11. "Too Darn Hot" (Cole Porter) – 2:44
  12. "Lonely Town" (Leonard Bernstein, Comden, Green) – 3:39

Personnel[edit]

Performance
Production

References[edit]

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ a b Cook, Richard and Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. London: Penguin Books. p. 1408. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ^ Mel Tormé Swings Shubert Alley at AllMusic