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Mel Tormé's California Suite

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Released
  
1957

Length
  
36:41

Release date
  
1957

Genre
  
Vocal jazz

Recorded
  
1957

Artist
  
Mel Tormé

Label
  
Bethlehem Records

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Mel Tormé's California Suite (1957)
  
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Similar
  
Mel Tormé albums, Vocal jazz albums

Mel Tormé's California Suite is a 1957 studio album by Mel Tormé, of his California suite.

Contents

Tormé first wrote the suite as a twenty-minute piece in 1949, arranged by Neal Hefti and Billy May, with Peggy Lee providing vocals. It was expanded to this LP length version in 1957. The suite was later recorded by Sammy Davis, Jr.

Track listing

  1. "The Territory (The Soil Was Good)" – 2:57
  2. "We Think the West Coast Is the Best" – 1:42
  3. "La Jolla" – 3:04
  4. "Coney Island" – 2:45
  5. "Atlantic City Boardwalk" – 2:33
  6. "They Go to San Diego" – 3:53
  7. "San Fernando Valley" – 5:04
  8. "Got the Date on the Golden Gate" – 4:21
  9. "L.A." – 1:48
  10. "Six O'Clock (It's Time to Leave the Set)" – 0:55
  11. "Nothing to Do (But Shed a Tear)" – 0:22
  12. "Poor Little Extra Girl" – 3:52
  13. "West Coast Is the Best Coast (Reprise)" – 3:06

All music and lyrics written by Mel Tormé, except "San Fernando Valley" by Tormé and Gordon Jenkins.

Performance

  • Mel Tormé - vocals
  • Marty Paich - arranger, conductor

    • Songs

    1The Territory (The Soil Was Good)2:57
    2We Think the West Coast Is the Best1:43
    3La Jolla3:05

    References

    Mel Tormé's California Suite Wikipedia
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