Tormé: A New Album
| Tormé: A New Album | ||||
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| Released | 1977 | |||
| Recorded | June, 1977, London | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
| Length | 39:08 | |||
| Label | Gryphon Records | |||
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Tormé: A New Album is a 1977 studio album by Mel Tormé.[2] The album has also been re-issued as, Mel Tormé: The London Sessions and with additional "bonus" tracks as A New Album, London Sessions Complete Edition.
Tormé had not released a studio album since 1969, and the late 1970s would see him return to recording, with critical and commercial success.
Track listing
[edit]LP side A
- "All in Love Is Fair" (Stevie Wonder)
- "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (Ewan MacColl)
- "New York State of Mind" (Billy Joel)
- "Stars" (Janis Ian)
LP side B
- "Send in the Clowns" (Stephen Sondheim)
- "Ordinary Fool" (Paul Williams)
- Medley
- "(Ah, the Apple Trees) When the World Was Young" (M. Philippe Gerard, Angela Vannier, Johnny Mercer)
- "Yesterday When I was Young" (Charles Aznavour, Herbert Kretzmer)
- "Bye Bye Blackbird" (Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson)
Bonus tracks on Paddle Wheel Records' A New Album, London Sessions Complete Edition CD re-issue:[3]
- "It's Too Late"
- "Never Look Back"
- "Charade"
- "Like A Lover"
- "What's This"
Personnel
[edit]Performance
[edit]- Mel Tormé - vocals, arranger
- Phil Woods - alto saxophone
- Gordon Beck - keyboards
- Barry Miles
- Vic Juris - guitar
- Brian Hodges - electric bass
- Terry Silverlight - drums
- Christopher Gunning - arranger, conductor
References
[edit]- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Tormé: A New Album at AllMusic
- ^ Hulme, George, "Mel Torme: A Chronicle of His Recordings, Books and Films," McFarland and Company, 2000 p. 64 (link)
- Gryphon G 796 (LP, A New Album)
- Gryphon G 916 (LP, A New Album)
- Rhapsody CD 3 (CD, A New Album)
- DCC (Compact Classics) (1990 CD, The London Sessions)
- Paddle Wheel KICJ 128 (CD, Mel Tormé - A New Album, London Sessions Complete Edition)
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