Mel Tormé Live at the Playboy Jazz Festival

Mel Tormé Live at the Playboy Jazz Festival
Live album by Mel Tormé
Released	September 10, 2002
Recorded	June 1993
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	55:07
Label	Playboy Jazz
Mel Tormé chronology
An Evening with Mel Tormé (1996) Mel Tormé Live at the Playboy Jazz Festival (2002)

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Allmusic	[1]

Mel Tormé Live at the Playboy Jazz Festival is a 2002 live album by Mel Tormé, recorded at the 1993 Playboy Jazz Festival.^[2]

Track listing

1. "Opus No. 1" (Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Sy Oliver) – 2:17
2. "I Had the Craziest Dream"/"Darn That Dream" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren)/(Van Heusen, Eddie DeLange) – 4:52
3. "I'm Gonna Go Fishin'" (Duke Ellington, Peggy Lee) – 3:06
4. Medley: "Sophisticated Lady"/"I Didn't Know About You" (Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish)/(Ellington, Bob Russell) – 5:25
5. "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Ellington, Mills) – 5:29
6. Medley: "Stompin' at the Savoy"/"Don't Be That Way"/"And the Angels Sing" (Andy Razaf, Edgar Sampson)/(Goodman, Sampson, Parish)/(Ziggy Elman, Johnny Mercer) – 14:38

Personnel

Performance

• Mel Tormé - vocals

Ray Anthony Orchestra

• Ray Anthony - trumpet
• Kevin Anthony - saxophone
• Lee Callet
• Bob Efford
• Salvadore Lozano
• Roger Neumann
• Andy Martin - trombone
• Morris Repass
• Bill Tole
• Lloyd Ulyate
• Wayne Bergeron - trumpet
• Ramon Flores
• George Graham
• Frank Szabo
• John Colianni - piano
• Tom Ranier
• John Leitham - double bass
• Kirk Smith
• Frank Capp - drums
• Donny Osbourne

Production

• Glen Barros - executive producer
• John Burk - producer, executive producer
• George Wein - producer
• Valerie Whitesell - production coordination
• Hugh Hefner - liner notes, executive producer
• A. James Liska - liner notes
• Seth Presant - mastering, assembly

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Mel Tormé Live at the Playboy Jazz Festival at AllMusic