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Mel Tormé had spent the first decade of his solo career being treated by record companies as a pop singer when Bethlehem offered to treat him as a jazz artist in 1955. The label requested that his first album be a collection of ballads, probably noting the recent success of Frank Sinatra's In the Wee Small Hours. But Tormé picked the songs, ranging from Jerome Kern and P.G. Wodehouse's "Till the Clouds Roll By" from 1917 to Duke Ellington and Paul Webster's "I've Got It Bad and That Ain't Good" from 1941. The 15-piece orchestra assembled by his accompanist Al Pellegrini backed the singer, and Pellegrini, Sandy Courage, Andre Previn, Marty Paich, and Russ Garcia wrote the arrangements Tormé sang with delicate precision, caressing the lyrics. Despite the album title, his interpretations had none of the darkness of Sinatra. Rather, Tormé invested the songs with warmth and confidence. Recorded and released around the time he turned 30, It's a Blue World marked a turning point in Mel Tormé's recording career.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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I Got It Bad, and That Ain't Good (Duke Ellington)
Mel TORME, Performance, MainArtist
© 2015 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 1955 2015 Bethlehem Records
Till the Clouds Roll By (Jerome Kern)
Mel TORME, MainArtist
© 2015 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 1955 2015 Bethlehem Records
Isn't It Romantic (Richard Rodgers)
Andre Previn, Arranger - Richard Rodgers, Writer - Lorenz Hart, Writer - Mel TORME, Performance, MainArtist
© 2015 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 1955 2015 Bethlehem Records
I Know Why (Harry Warren)
Mel TORME, Performance, MainArtist
© 2015 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 1955 2015 Bethlehem Records
All This and Heaven Too (Jimmy Van Heusen)
Mel TORME, Performance, MainArtist
© 2015 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 1955 2015 Bethlehem Records
How Long Has This Been Going On? (George Gershwin)
George Gershwin, Composer, Writer - Ira Gershwin, Writer - Mel TORME, Performance, MainArtist
© 2015 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 1955 2015 Bethlehem Records
Polka Dots and Moonbeams (Jimmy Van Heusen)
Mel TORME, Performance, MainArtist
© 2015 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 1955 2015 Bethlehem Records
You Leave Me Breathless (Frederick K . Hollander)
Mel TORME, Performance, MainArtist
© 2015 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 1955 2015 Bethlehem Records
I Found a Million Dollar Baby (Harry Warren)
Mel TORME, Performance, MainArtist
© 2015 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 1955 2015 Bethlehem Records
Wonderful One (Max Brand)
Mel TORME, MainArtist
© 2015 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 1955 2015 Bethlehem Records
It's a Blue World
Mel TORME, Performance, MainArtist
© 2015 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 1955 2015 Bethlehem Records
Stay as Sweet as You Are (Harry Revel)
Mel TORME, Performance, MainArtist
© 2015 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 1955 2015 Bethlehem Records
Albumbeschreibung
Mel Tormé had spent the first decade of his solo career being treated by record companies as a pop singer when Bethlehem offered to treat him as a jazz artist in 1955. The label requested that his first album be a collection of ballads, probably noting the recent success of Frank Sinatra's In the Wee Small Hours. But Tormé picked the songs, ranging from Jerome Kern and P.G. Wodehouse's "Till the Clouds Roll By" from 1917 to Duke Ellington and Paul Webster's "I've Got It Bad and That Ain't Good" from 1941. The 15-piece orchestra assembled by his accompanist Al Pellegrini backed the singer, and Pellegrini, Sandy Courage, Andre Previn, Marty Paich, and Russ Garcia wrote the arrangements Tormé sang with delicate precision, caressing the lyrics. Despite the album title, his interpretations had none of the darkness of Sinatra. Rather, Tormé invested the songs with warmth and confidence. Recorded and released around the time he turned 30, It's a Blue World marked a turning point in Mel Tormé's recording career.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:42:25
- Main artists: Mel Tormé
- Composer: George Gershwin
- Label: Bethlehem Records
- Genre: Jazz
© 2015 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 1955 2015 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
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