Mel Tormé - Swingin' On The Moon

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 37:48
Size: 86.5 MB
Styles: Vocal
Year: 1960/1998
Art: Front

[3:28] 1. Swingin On The Moon
[3:05] 2. Moonlight Cocktail
[3:52] 3. I Wished On The Moon
[3:12] 4. Moon Song
[3:14] 5. How High The Moon
[2:39] 6. Don't Let That Moon Get Away
[3:41] 7. Blue Moon
[2:56] 8. Velvet Moon
[2:32] 9. No Moon At All
[3:01] 10. Moonlight In Vermont
[3:16] 11. Oh You Crazy Moon
[2:45] 12. The Moon Was Yellow

Tormé displays a grasp of a certain agreeable absurdity in this 1962 release's concept--songs with the word moon in their titles or settings--when, at the end of the album's self-penned namesake cut, he begins babbling references to the rest of the tunes in a prophecy of Bill Murray's lounge-singer character. Fortunately, this reissue has more to recommend it than an amusing datedness--not least Tormé's own aplomb and a small big band that includes players like altoist Bud Shank and drummer Mel Lewis. ~Rickey Wright

Swingin' On The Moon

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