¡Olé Tormé!: Mel Tormé Goes South of the Border with Billy May is a 1959 studio album by Mel Tormé, arranged by Billy May.[4][5] It was one of many Latin-tinged jazz albums released in the late 1950s and early 1960s.[6]
Title | Writer(s) |
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1. | "At the Crossroads (Malagueña)" | Ernesto Lecuona, Bob Russell | 2:39 |
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2. | "Frenesi" | Alberto Dominguez, Leonard Whitcup | 2:36 |
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3. | "Adios" | Enric Madriguera, Harry M. Woods | 2:05 |
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4. | "Baia" | Ary Barroso, Ray Gilbert | 2:30 |
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5. | "Six Lessons from Madame la Zonga" | James V. Monaco, Charles Newman | 3:10 |
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6. | "Rosita" | Gus Haenschen | 2:58 |
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7. | "South of the Border" | Michael Carr, Jimmy Kennedy | 3:03 |
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8. | "Nina" | Cole Porter | 2:36 |
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9. | "Cuban Love Song" | Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh, Herbert Stothart | 2:04 |
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10. | "Perfidia" | Alberto Dominguez | 2:08 |
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11. | "The Rhumba Jumps!" | Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer | 2:14 |
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12. | "Vaya Con Dios (May God Be with You)" | Inez James, Buddy Pepper, Larry Russell | 3:19 |
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- Mel Tormé – vocals, drums
- Frank Beach – trumpet
- Pete Candoli
- Conrad Gozzo
- Manny Klein
- Eddie Kusby – trombone
- Tommy Pederson
- Dave Wells
- Si Zentner
- Gene Cipriano – woodwind
- Chuck Gentry
- Justin Gordon
- Wilbur Schwartz
- Bud Shank
- Red Callender – tuba
- Verlye Mills – harp
- Jimmy Rowles – piano
- Al Pelligrini
- Bob Gibbons – guitar
- Ralph Peña – double bass
- Lou Singer – percussion, drums, marimba
- Alvin Stoller – drums
- Larry Bunker – drums, marimba
- Billy May – arranger, conductor
- Sheldon Marks – art direction
- William Rotsler – cover photo