Mel Tormé and the Marty Paich Dektette – Reunion explained

Mel Tormé and the Marty Paich Dektette – Reunion
Type:studio
Artist:Mel Tormé
Cover:tormepaichreunion.jpg
Released:1988
Recorded:August 1988 in Los Angeles
Genre:Vocal jazz
Length:44:11
Label:Concord
Producer:Carl Jefferson
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Mel Tormé and the Marty Paich Dektette – Reunion is a 1988 album by the American jazz singer Mel Tormé, accompanied by a big band arranged and led by Marty Paich. It was recorded over three days at Ocean Way Studios, on Sunset at Gower in Hollywood. Alan Sides served as engineer, and Charles Barber as assistant to Marty Paich.

Track listing

  1. "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard) - 3:05
  2. "When You Wish upon a Star"/"I'm Wishing" (Leigh Harline, Ned Washington) - 2:51
  3. "Walk Between the Raindrops" (Donald Fagen) - 5:44
  4. "The Blues" (Duke Ellington) - 5:18
  5. "The Gift"/"One Note Samba"/"How Insensitive" (Antônio Carlos Jobim)/(Jobim, Newton Mendonça)/(Jobim, Norman Gimbel, Vinícius de Moraes) - 4:54
  6. "The Trolley Song"/"Get Me to the Church on Time" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin)/(Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) - 4:45
  7. "More Than You Know" (Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans) - 5:48
  8. "Goodbye Look" (Donald Fagen) - 4:45
  9. "For Whom the Bell Tolls"/"Spain (I Can Recall)" (Chick Corea, Al Jarreau, Artie Maren)/(Joaquín Rodrigo, Victor Young) - 6:42

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