¡Olé Tormé!: Mel Tormé Goes South of the Border with Billy May
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Personnel
- Mel TorméMel TorméMelvin Howard Tormé , nicknamed The Velvet Fog, was an American musician, known for his jazz singing. He was also a jazz composer and arranger, a drummer, an actor in radio, film, and television, and the author of five books...
– 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 ShankBud ShankClifford Everett "Bud" Shank, Jr. was an American alto saxophonist and flautist. He rose to prominence in the early 1950s playing lead alto and flute in Stan Kenton's Innovations in Modern Music Orchestra and throughout the decade worked in various small jazz combos. He spent the 1960s as a first...
- Red Callender – tuba
- Verlye Mills – harp
- Jimmy RowlesJimmy RowlesJimmy Rowles was an American jazz pianist who was best known as an accompanist. He also released a number of albums under his own name, and explored various idioms including swing and cool jazz. - Biography :Born in Spokane, Washington, Rowles studied at Gonzaga College in Spokane, Washington...
– piano - Al Pelligrini
- Bob Gibbons – guitar
- Ralph Pena – double bass
- Lou Singer – percussion, drums, marimba
- Alvin StollerAlvin StollerAlvin Stoller was an American jazz drummer. Though he seems to have been largely forgotten, he was held in high regard in the 1940s and 1950s...
– drums - Larry BunkerLarry BunkerLawrence Benjamin "Larry" Bunker was an American jazz drummer, vibraphonist, and percussionist. He also played timpani with the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra.-Biography:...
– drums, marimba - Billy MayBilly MayWilliam E. "Billy" May was an American composer, arranger and trumpeter. He composed film and television music, for The Green Hornet , Batman , and Naked City and collaborated on films, such as Pennies from Heaven , and orchestrated Cocoon, and Cocoon: The Return among...
– arranger, conductor - Sheldon Marks – art direction
- William Rotsler – cover photo