¡Olé_Tormé!:_Mel_Tormé_Goes_South_of_the_Border_with_Billy_May

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¡Olé Tormé!

1959 studio album by Mel Tormé

¡Olé Tormé!: Mel Tormé Goes South of the Border with Billy May is a 1959 studio album by Mel Tormé, arranged by Billy May.[4][5] It was one of many Latin-tinged jazz albums released in the late 1950s and early 1960s.[6]

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Track listing

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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 Peña – 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

  1. [1]
    Allmusic review
  2. [2]
    DeMichael, Don (4 February 1960). "Mel Torme-Billy May: Ole Torme!". DownBeat. Vol. 27, no. 3. p. 30.
  3. [3]
    Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1408. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. [4]
    ¡Olé Tormé!: Mel Tormé Goes South of the Border with Billy May at AllMusic
  5. [5]
    Friedwald, Will (May 18, 2010). A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers. Pantheon Books. ISBN 9780375421495 – via Google Books.
  6. [6]
    Firmat, Gustavo Perez (October 26, 2010). The Havana Habit. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0300168761 – via Google Books.



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