Too Close for Comfort

Mel Tormé · 1960 · Ouverture de l'album sur un thème de comédie musicale

Context

Song by Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener and George David Weiss. Appears on Mel Tormé Swings Shubert Alley (Verve, 1960), arrangements by Marty Paich and production by Russell Garcia (first 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

• Just in Time (Mel Tormé) (1960)
• Whatever Lola Wants (1960)
• Lonely Town (1960)
• Lulu's Back in Town (1956)

Sources

• EN: Mel Tormé Swings Shubert Alley

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