Mel Tormé: Swings Shubert Alley (Verve Vault Series) 1LP BREC-201 the Financial Times raved how

the Financial Times raved how “Lovano’s latest project adds hints of Americana to a modernist core and explores the terrain with freedom

Bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Philly Joe Jones (both of whom also played on Blue Train) are joined by baritone saxophone master Pepper Adams and the great Bobby Timmons on piano on this superbly swinging session

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Mel Tormé: Swings Shubert Alley (Verve Vault Series) 1LP BREC-201 the Financial Times raved howVerve, 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