Mel Tormé's California Suite
1957 studio album by Mel Tormé
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Released | 1957 | |||
Recorded | 1957 | |||
Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
Length | 36:41 | |||
Label | Bethlehem | |||
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Mel Tormé's California Suite is a 1957 studio album by Mel Tormé, of his California suite.[2]
Tormé first wrote the suite as a twenty-minute piece in 1949, arranged by Neal Hefti and Billy May, with Peggy Lee providing vocals. It was expanded to this LP length version in 1957. The suite was later recorded by Sammy Davis Jr.
Track listing
All music and lyrics written by Mel Tormé, except "San Fernando Valley" by Tormé and Gordon Jenkins.
- "The Territory (The Soil Was Good)" – 2:57
- "We Think the West Coast Is the Best" – 1:42
- "La Jolla" – 3:04
- "Coney Island" – 2:45
- "Atlantic City Boardwalk" – 2:33
- "They Go to San Diego" – 3:53
- "San Fernando Valley" – 5:04
- "Got the Date on the Golden Gate" – 4:21
- "L.A." – 1:48
- "Six O'Clock (It's Time to Leave the Set)" – 0:55
- "Nothing to Do (But Shed a Tear)" – 0:22
- "Poor Little Extra Girl" – 3:52
- "West Coast Is the Best Coast (Reprise)" – 3:06
Personnel
Performance
- Mel Tormé - vocals
- Marty Paich - arranger, conductor
- Pete Candoli - trumpet
- Don Fagerquist - trumpet
- Bob Enevoldson - trombone
- Dave Pell - tenor sax
- Barney Kessel - guitar
- Max Bennett - bass
- Mel Lewis - drums
- Alvin Stoller - drums
References
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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)