Mel Tormé: Swings Shubert Alley (Verve Vault Series) 1LP ETJS-148 Contemplation

Contemplation

B1: Musical Genocide

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this is released as Deluxe gatefold 2LP (including a special illustrated zine) and CD digipack

Bobby Timmons

Mel Tormé: Swings Shubert Alley (Verve Vault Series) 1LP ETJS-148 ContemplationVerve, 1960 Swings Shubert Alley, released in 1960 on Verve Records, showcases vocalist Mel Torm at the height of his powers, interpreting Broadway standards with impeccable phrasing and swing, backed The Marty Paich Orchestra. Known as The Velvet Fog, Torm here demonstrates both his jazz sensibility and his mastery of the Great American Songbook, in a program drawn entirely from shows that were then lighting up New Yorks Shubert Alley theater