Mel Tormé, Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass
{{Infobox album
| name = Mel Tormé, Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass
| type = studio
| artist = Mel Tormé
| cover = tormebossbrass.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1986
| recorded = May 1986
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Vocal jazz
| length = 43:22
| label = Concord
| producer = Carl Jefferson
| prev_title = An Elegant Evening
| prev_year = 1985
| next_title = A Vintage Year
| next_year = 1987
}}
{{Album reviews
|rev1 = Allmusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r149010|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]
|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev2score = {{Rating|2.5|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1409}}
}}
Mel Tormé, Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass is a 1986 studio album by Mel Tormé, accompanied by Rob McConnell's Boss Brass Big band. Tormé and McConnell's follow up album, Velvet & Brass was released in 1995.{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r149010|label=Mel Tormé, Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass}}
Track listing
- "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) - 4:46
- "September Song" (Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill) - 4:55
- "Don'cha Go 'Way Mad" (Illinois Jacquet, Jimmy Mundy, Al Stillman) - 4:30
- "A House Is Not a Home" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 3:37
- "The Song Is You" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 3:45
- "Cow Cow Boogie" (Benny Carter, Gene DePaul, Don Raye) - 4:00
- "Handful of Stars"/"Stars Fell on Alabama (Jack Lawrence, Ted Shapiro)/(Frank Perkins, Mitchell Parish) - 5:34
- Duke Ellington Medley: "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"/"Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me"/"Mood Indigo"/"Take the "A" Train"/"Sophisticated Lady"/"Satin Doll" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills)/(Ellington, Bob Russell)/(Barney Bigard, Ellington, Mills]])/(Ellington, Mills, Mitchell Parish)/(Strayhorn, Ellington, Johnny Mercer) - 12:15
Personnel
Recorded May 1986, in Los Angeles, U.S.:
- Mel Tormé - vocals
;The Boss Brass
- Arnie Chycoski - trumpet, flugelhorn
- Erich Traugott
- John MacLeod
- Ian McDougall - trombone
- Dave McMurdo
- Bob Livingston
- Ron Hughes - bass trombone
- James MacDonald - french horn
- Eugene Amaro - flute, tenor saxophone
- Moe Koffman - clarinet, flute, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
- Bob Leonard - flute, bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
- Rick Wilkins - clarinet, tenor saxophone
- Dave Woods - trumpet, violin, flugelhorn
- Robert Leonard - flute, bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
- George Stimpson
- Jerry Toth - flute, alto clarinet
- Jimmy Dale - piano, electric piano
- Guido Basso - harmonica, trumpet, flugelhorn
- Ed Bickert - guitar
- Jerry Fuller - drums
- Brian Leonard - percussion
- Steve Wallace - double bass
- Rob McConnell - arranger, conductor, trombone
References
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Category:Concord Records albums
Category:Albums produced by Carl Jefferson