I Dig the Duke! I Dig the Count!

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{{Infobox album

| name = I Dig the Duke! I Dig the Count!

| type = studio

| artist = Mel Tormé

| cover = meldig.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1962

| recorded = December 12, 1960, February 12, 1961

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Vocal jazz

| length = {{Duration|m=33|s=15}}

| label = Verve

| producer = Russell Garcia

| prev_title = Broadway, Right Now!

| prev_year = 1960

| next_title = My Kind of Music

| next_year = 1961

}}

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r149020|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]

| rev2 = New Record Mirror

| rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite magazine |last= Watson|first= Jimmy |date=20 July 1963 |title=Mel Torme: I Dig The Duke I Dig The Count |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/63/Record-Mirror-1963-07-20-S-OCR.pdf |magazine=New Record Mirror |issue=123 |page=10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401224827/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/63/Record-Mirror-1963-07-20-S-OCR.pdf|archive-date=1 April 2022|access-date=6 August 2022}}

}}

I Dig the Duke! I Dig the Count! is a 1962 album by Mel Tormé, recorded in tribute to Duke Ellington and Count Basie.{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r149020|label=I Dig the Duke! I Dig the Count!}}

Track listing

  1. "I'm Gonna Go Fishin'" (Duke Ellington, Peggy Lee) – 2:23
  2. "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (D. Ellington, Bob Russell) – 2:29
  3. "I Like the Sunrise" (D. Ellington, Mercer Ellington) – 3:14
  4. "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) – 2:52
  5. "Reminiscing in Tempo" (D. Ellington) – 3:17
  6. "Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'" (D. Ellington, Lee Gaines, Strayhorn) – 2:17
  7. "Down for Double" (Freddie Green) – 2:31
  8. "I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town" (Jacobs, Andy Razaf, Will Weldon) – 2:31
  9. "Blue and Sentimental" (Count Basie, Mack David, Jerry Livingston) – 3:55
  10. "Oh, What a Night for Love" (Steve Allen, Neal Hefti) – 3:30
  11. "Sent for You Yesterday (And Here You Come Today)" (Basie, Eddie Durham, Jimmy Rushing) – 2:40
  12. "In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down)" (Leroy Carr, Huddie Ledbetter, Don Raye) – 3:20

Personnel

=Performance=

=Production=

  • Jeff Faville - design
  • Tom Hughes
  • Dennis Drake - digital remastering
  • Val Valentin - engineer
  • Gary Giddins - liner notes
  • Russell Garcia - producer
  • Richard Seidel - reissue producer

References