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First Set
A1 Let's Take A Walk Around The Block
Written-By – E.Y. Harburg, Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin
2:17
A2 New York State Of Mind
Written-By – Billy Joel
4:50
A3 When The World Was Young
Written-By – Johnny Mercer, Philippe Gerard*
4:11
A4 Pick Yourself Up
Written-By – Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern
4:10
A5 Silly Habits
Written-By, Performer – Janis Ian
4:00
B1 Mountain Greenery
Written-By – Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart*
3:03
B2 Cottage For Sale
Written-By – Willard Robison
3:50
B3 Take A Letter Miss Jones
Written-By – Larry Shay, Lou Holzer
2:07
B4 Real Thing
Written-By – Mel TorméWritten-By, Performer – Gerry Mulligan
5:15
Medley (7:07)
B5.a Line For Lyons
Written-By, Performer – Gerry Mulligan
B5.b Venus De Milo
Written-By, Performer – Gerry Mulligan
B5.c Walking Shoes
Written-By, Performer – Gerry Mulligan
Second Set
Medley (3:05)
C1.a Watch What Happens
Written-By – Jacques Demy, Michel Legrand, Norman Gimbel
C1.b Fly Me To The Moon
Written-By – Bart Howard
C1.c You And The Night And The Music
Written-By – Howard Dietz/Arthur Schwartz*
C1.d Shaking The Blues Away
Written-By – Irving Berlin
C2 Isn't It Romantic
Written-By – Richard Rogers/Lorenz Hart*
3:15
Porgy And Bess Medley (7:56)
C3a Summertime
Written-By – DuBois Heyward*, George & Ira Gershwin
C3b They Pass By Singin'
Written-By – DuBois Heyward*, George & Ira Gershwin
C3c I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
Written-By – DuBois Heyward*, George & Ira Gershwin
C3d It Take A Long Pull To Get There
Written-By – DuBois Heyward*, George & Ira Gershwin
C3e It Ain't Necessarily So
Written-By – DuBois Heyward*, George & Ira Gershwin
C3f Strawberry Women
Written-By – DuBois Heyward*, George & Ira Gershwin
C3g Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess
Written-By – DuBois Heyward*, George & Ira Gershwin
C3h Bess You Is My Woman
Written-By – DuBois Heyward*, George & Ira Gershwin
C4 The Folks Who Live On The Hill
Written-By – Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein*
C5 Chase Me Charlie
Written-By – Noel Coward*
D1 The Best Is Yet To Come
Written-By – Caroline Leigh*Written-By, Performer – Cy Coleman
D2 Isn't It A Pity
Written-By – George & Ira Gershwin
D3 Wave
Written-By – Antonio Carlos Jobim
D4 I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan
Performer – Jonathan SchwartzWritten-By – Howard Dietz/Arthur Schwartz*
D5 Love For Sale
Written-By – Cole Porter

Companies, etc.

  • Mixed At – Columbia Recording Studios
  • Manufactured By – Maida Vale Enterprises, Inc.
  • Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria

Credits

  • Bass – Jay Leonhart (tracks: A3, A4, B2 to B5, C2, C3, D3 to D5), Rufus Reid (tracks: A1, A2, A5, B1, C1, C4 to D2)
  • Coordinator [Project] – David Whitehead
  • Drums – Danny Osborn*
  • Engineer – Dale Ashby, Big John Laberdie*
  • Engineer [Assisted] – Bobby Piano, Danny Littwin
  • Illustration – Hirschfeld*
  • Liner Notes – Rex Reed
  • Mixed By – Tim Geelan
  • Piano – Mel Tormé (tracks: B1, C3), Mike Renzie* (tracks: A1 to A5, B2 to C2, C4 to D5)
  • Technician [Consultant] – Gary Robbins

Notes

Santa Maria pressing
Subtitle: "Recorded Live At Marty's, New York City"

"The friends are Cy Coleman/Janis Ian/Gerry Mulligan/Jonathan Schwartz, and the Trio . . . and . . . my audience."

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 3468-37484-1
  • Matrix / Runout (Side-A, etched): W2X-37485AL-1E S1 B
  • Matrix / Runout (Side-B, etched): W2X-37485BL-1E S1 35
  • Matrix / Runout (Side-C, etched): W2X-37486AL-1F S1 [squiggle]
  • Matrix / Runout (Side-D, etched): W2X-37486BL-1F S1 B3

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
W2X 37484 Mel Tormé Mel Tormé And Friends ‎(2xLP, Album) Finesse Records W2X 37484 US 1981
523166K Mel Tormé Mel Tormé And Friends ‎(2xCD, RE) Jazz Heritage 523166K US 1992
FIND 5661 Mel Tormé Mel Tormé And Friends ‎(2xLP, Album) Finesse Records FIND 5661 UK 1984
GEN 1-15 Mel Tormé Mel Tormé And Friends ‎(2xLP, Album) Umbrella GEN 1-15 Canada 1981


Mel Tormé - Mel Tormé And Friends

Performer: Mel Tormé

Album Title: Mel Tormé And Friends

Genre: Jazz

Label: Finesse Records ‎– W2X 37484
Type: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Date of released: 1981
Category: Jazz
Style: Big Band, Vocal, Swing

MP3 album zip size: 1448 mb

FLAC album zip size: 1525 mb

Rating: 4.8 / 5

Votes: 321

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