Mel Torme: It's A Blue World [ Vinyl ]

Title: It's A Blue World
Artist: Mel Torme
Label: Del Ray
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 8436563181450
Genre: Jazz
Release Date: 2017-11-17
Number of Discs: 1
Additional Details: REISSUE

One of the most beautiful albums ever from the great Mel Tormé - and a set that's a bit different than his other work for the Bethlehem label too! The set features Mel singing to lush backings from conductor Al Pellegrini and arrangers Marty Paich, Sandy Courage, Andre Previn and Russell Garcia - who bring in a mode that definitely lives up to the blue tones promised in the title - with enough melancholy moments in the mix to rival the sound of Frank Sinatra's classic Wee Small Hours album. The voice of the "Velvet Fog" is perfect in such a setting - and Torme's all serious, all classic, all the way through. Recorded and released around the time he turned 30, It's a Blue World (1955) marked a turning point in Mel Tormé's recording career. Titles include "How Long Has This Been Going On," "It's A Blue World," "Polka Dots & Moonbeams," "I Got It Bad & That Ain't Good," "All This & Heaven Too," "Wonderful One" and "Stay As Sweet As You Are."

Tracks:
1.1 I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
1.2 Till the Clouds Roll By
1.3 Isn't It Romantic'
1.4 I Know Why
1.5 All This and Heaven Too
1.6 How Long Has This Been Going On'
1.7 Polka Dots and Moonbeams
1.8 You Leave Me Breathless
1.9 I Found a Million Dollar Baby
1.10 Wonderful One
1.11 It's a Blue World
1.12 Stay As Sweet As You Are