Mel Tormé With The Marty Paich Orchestra - Swings Shubert Alley FLAC album

Swings Shubert Alley. Marty is Marty Paich, the brilliant arranger who, along with Torme, conceived of and put together the Dek-tette, a 10-piece band that provided sterling backup for Torme's phenomenal singing. Words are useles in describing this amazing talent, and combined with the Marty Paich orchestra including awesome players

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Hello Young Lovers - The Marty Paich Orchestra. 8. Surrey With The Fringe On Top - The Marty Paich Orchestra. 9. Old Devil Moon - The Marty Paich Orchestra. 10. Whatever Lola Wants - The Marty Paich Orchestra. 11. Too Darn Hot - The Marty Paich Orchestra. 12. Lonely Town - The Marty Paich Orchestra.

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Paich shows why he was arranger of choice for with-it vocalists. And nobody was more with-it than Tormé, whose musicianship was as immaculate as his tuxedo. Plus, we get Tormé's hilarious hipsterism. This 1960 session is a showcase for Mel Tormé's interpretations of popular Broadway tunes of the day, accompanied by Marty Paich and his orchestra, featuring Art Pepper on alto saxophone. Mel Tormé Swings Shubert Alley has been included on The Penguin Guide to Jazz Core Collection list of essential jazz recordings.

In November 1959, a one-hour musical entitled Music from Shubert Alley was recorded in the alley, and broadcast on TV. In 1960, singer Mel Tormé came out with an album of show tunes entitled Mel Tormé Swings Shubert Alley, which was arranged by Marty Paich. Modern day (2000–present). On March 22, 2006, to mark the first anniversary of the official Broadway opening of the musical comedy Spamalot, the "World's Largest Coconut Orchestra", 1,789 people clapping together half coconut shells, performed in Shubert Alley.

Swings Shubert Alley. Of course it starts out with a bang with the punchy "Too Close for Comfort. Tormé sounds like he's racing the band to the finish of the song on this one (and a few others, like "Too Darn Hot" and "Surrey with the Fringe on Top"), on the latter he repeats the title over and over again with that exuberant voice. As with his other classic swing albums, Tormé does insert a few slower songs; here, "Once in Love with Amy," "A Sleepin' Bee" and "Old Devil Moon" are downtempo, with a smile.