Swingin' on the Moon
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{{Infobox album
| name = Swingin' on the Moon
| type = studio
| artist = Mel Tormé
| cover = swinginonthemoon.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1960
| recorded = August 3–5, 1960
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Vocal jazz
| length = 38:12
| label = Verve (MG VS-62144{{Cite magazine |date=December 24, 1960 |title=Swingin' on the Moon - Mel Torme |url=https://archive.org/details/cashbox22unse_13/page/28/mode/2up |magazine=Cash Box |page=28 |access-date=August 10, 2023}})
| producer = Russell Garcia
| prev_title = Mel Tormé Swings Shubert Alley
| prev_year = 1960
| next_title = Broadway, Right Now!
| next_year = 1960
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r149058|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]
|rev2 = DownBeat
|rev2score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=Kofsky |first=Frank |author-link=Frank Kofsky |date=February 16, 1961 |title=Mel Tormé - Swingin' on the Moon |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_down-beat_1961-02-16_28_4/page/42/mode/2up |magazine=DownBeat |page=42 |access-date=August 10, 2023}}
|rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|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=1408}}
}}
Swingin' on the Moon is a 1960 album by Mel Tormé. The Moon is the connecting theme, and every track, but one, contains the word "Moon" in the title.
Track listing
- "Swingin' on the Moon" (Mel Tormé) – 3:32
- "Moonlight Cocktail" (Kim Gannon, Luckey Roberts) – 3:04
- "I Wished on the Moon" (Dorothy Parker, Ralph Rainger) – 3:56
- "Moon Song" (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) – 3:16
- "How High the Moon" (Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis) – 3:13
- "Don't Let That Moon Get Away" (Johnny Burke, James V. Monaco) – 2:39
- "Blue Moon" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:46
- "A Velvet Affair" (Fred Reynolds, Sid Ramin) – 3:00
- "No Moon at All" (Redd Evans, Dave Mann) – 2:39
- "Moonlight in Vermont" (John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf) – 3:05
- "Oh, You Crazy Moon" (Burke, Van Heusen) – 3:16
- "The Moon Was Yellow" (Fred E. Ahlert, Edgar Leslie) – 2:46
Personnel
References
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Category:Albums arranged by Russell Garcia (composer)