Mel Tormé Sings Sunday in New York & Other Songs About New York
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Released | 1963 | |||
Recorded | December 2, 4, 7, 1963 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 39:08 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
Producer | Michael Cox | |||
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Mel Tormé Sings Sunday in New York & Other Songs About New York is a 1963 studio album by Mel Tormé, of songs about New York City.[3]
Track listing
- "Sunday in New York" (Carroll Coates, Peter Nero) – 2:34
- "Autumn in New York" (Vernon Duke) – 3:24
- "Lullaby of Birdland" (George Shearing, George David Weiss) - 2:20
- "Broadway" (Billy Bird, Teddy McRae, Henri Woode) - 2:08
- "The Brooklyn Bridge" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 2:44
- "Let Me Off Uptown" (Earl Bostic, Redd Evans) – 2:37
- "Forty Second Street" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) – 2:25
- "Sidewalks of New York" (Charles B. Lawlor, James W. Blake) - 2:09
- "Harlem Nocturne (Nocturne for the Blues)" (Earle Hagen, Dick Rogers) – 3:55
- "New York, New York" (Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) – 2:23
- "There's a Broken Heart for Every Light on Broadway" (Fred Fisher, Howard Johnson) – 2:22
- "Manhattan" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:12
- "My Time of Day" (Frank Loesser) – 1:21
Performance
Johnny Williams: arranged and conducted tracks # 1,4,6,8 Dick Hazard: arranged and conducted tracks # 2,7,9,12 Shorty Rodgers: arranged and conducted tracks # 3,5,10,11 Bull Putnam: Recording Engineer Loring Eutenmey: Cover Photo Nesuhi Ertegun: Supervision[4]
Mel Tormé Drums, Primary Artist, Vocals Violins Harry Bluestone, Israel Baker, Marvin Limonick, Gerald Vinci, James Getzoff, Lou Raderman, Paul Shure, Henry Roth Viola Alvin Dinkin, Allan Harshman Cello Margaret Aue, Edgar Lustgarten Harp Dorothy Remsen Woodwind Gene Cipriano, Buddy Collette, Paul Horn, Ronnie Lang, John Lowe. Arnold Koblentz (Oboe) Trumpet Al Porcino, Frank Beach, Ray Triscari, Stu Williamson Trombone Lew McCreary, Richard Taylor, Dick Nash, Lloyd Ulyate John Kitzmiller Tuba Dave Barbour Guitar Jimmy Rowles Piano Joe Mondragon Bass Shelly Manne Drums Arranger, Conductor Johnny Williams, Dick Hazard, Shorty Rogers
Other Releases
The album was re-released in 1983 as Songs of New York [5]
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1408. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Mel Tormé Sings Sunday in New York & Other Songs About New York at AllMusic
- ^ Atlantic Records SD8091 original liner notes, Original first pressing lathing matrices: Side 1 ST-A-64545-A, Side 2 ST-A-64546-A
- ^ {{cite web|title=https://www.discogs.com/release/2657286-Mel-Torm%C3%A9-Songs-Of-New-York}}
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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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