Mel Tormé, Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass
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| Studio album by Mel Tormé | ||
| Released | 1986 | |
| Recorded | May 1986 | |
| Genre | Jazz | |
| Length | 43:22 | |
| Label | Concord Records | |
| Producer(s) | Carl Jefferson | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Mel Tormé chronology | ||
| An Elegant Evening (1985) |
Mel Tormé, Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass (1986) |
A Vintage Year (1987) |
Mel Tormé, Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass is a 1986 (see 1986 in music) album by the American jazz singer Mel Tormé, accompanied by Rob McConnell's Boss Brass Big Band.
[edit] Track listing
- 1. "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) 4:46
- 2. "September Song" (Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill) 4:55
- 3. "Don'cha Go 'Way Mad" (Illinois Jacquet, Jimmy Mundy, Al Stillman) 4:30
- 4. "A House Is Not a Home" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) 3:37
- 5. "The Song Is You" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) 3:45
- 6 "Cow Cow Boogie" (Benny Carter, Gene DePaul, Don Raye) 4:00
- 7. "Handful of Stars"/"Stars Fell on Alabama (Jack Lawrence, Ted Shapiro), (Frank Perkins, Mitchell Parish) 5:34
- 8. Duke Ellington Medley: "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"/"Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me"/"Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills), (Duke Ellington, Bob Rusell) 12:15
[edit] Personnel
Recorded May 1986, in Los Angeles, U.S.:
- Mel Tormé - vocals
- Arnie Chycoski - trumpet, flugelhorn
- Erich Traugott
- John MacLeod
- Ian McDougall - trombone
- Dave McMurdo
- Bob Livingston
- Ron Hughes - bass trombone
- James MacDonald - french horn
- Eugene Amaro - flute, tenor saxophone
- Moe Koffman - clarinet, flute, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
- Bob Leonard - flute, bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
- Rick Wilkins - clarinet, tenor saxophone
- Dave Woods - trumpet, violin, flugelhorn
- Robert Leonard - flute, bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
- George Stimpson
- Jerry Toth - flute, alto clarinet
- Jimmy Dale - piano, electric piano
- Guido Basso - harmonica, trumpet, flugelhorn
- Ed Bickert - guitar
- Jerry Fuller - drums
- Brian Leonard - percussion
- Steve Wallace - double bass
- Rob McConnell - arranger, conductor, trombone
