Lonely Town

Mel Tormé · 1960 · Finale de l'album, signé Bernstein, Comden et Green

Context

Song by Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green that closes the album. Appears on Mel Tormé Swings Shubert Alley (Verve, 1960), arrangements by Marty Paich and production by Russell Garcia (twelfth track).

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese, West Coast. Among the origins and influences of Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese: Classic blues (women singers), Swing, big bands, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

By the same artist

• Too Close for Comfort (1960)
• Just in Time (Mel Tormé) (1960)
• Whatever Lola Wants (1960)
• Lulu's Back in Town (1956)

Sources

• EN: Mel Tormé Swings Shubert Alley

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