Mel Tormé Swings Shubert Alley

Mel Tormé Swings Shubert Alley
Mel Tormé Swings Shubert Alley
Studio album by Mel Tormé
Released	1960
Recorded	1960
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	38:23
Label	Verve
Producer	Russell Garcia
Mel Tormé chronology

Professional ratings
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Source	Rating
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

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

Personnel

Performance

Production

Val Valentin - engineer
Russell Garcia - producer

References

^ Allmusic review
^ ^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.
^ Mel Tormé Swings Shubert Alley at AllMusic

[1] Allmusic review

[penguin-2] 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

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v t e Mel Tormé
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio 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)
Live 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) Ralph Gleason's Jazz Casual (2001)
Selected singles	"Comin' Home Baby" (1962)

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