¡Olé Tormé!

¡Olé Tormé!: Mel Tormé Goes South of the Border with Billy May
¡Olé Tormé!: Mel Tormé Goes South of the Border with Billy May
Studio album by Mel Tormé
Released	1959
Recorded	March 21 – April 2, 1959, Los Angeles
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	54:31
Label	Verve
Producer	Carl Jefferson
Mel Tormé chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[2]

¡Olé Tormé!: Mel Tormé Goes South of the Border with Billy May is a 1959 studio album by Mel Tormé, arranged by Billy May.^[3]^[4] It was one of many Latin-tinged jazz albums released in the late 1950s and early 1960s.^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"At the Crossroads (Malagueña)"	Ernesto Lecuona, Bob Russell	2:39
2.	"Frenesi"	Alberto Dominguez, Leonard Whitcup	2:36
3.	"Adios"	Enric Madriguera, Harry M. Woods	2:05
4.	"Baia"	Ary Barroso, Ray Gilbert	2:30
5.	"Six Lessons from Madame la Zonga"	James V. Monaco, Charles Newman	3:10
6.	"Rosita"	Gus Haenschen	2:58
7.	"South of the Border"	Michael Carr, Jimmy Kennedy	3:03
8.	"Nina"	Cole Porter	2:36
9.	"Cuban Love Song"	Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh, Herbert Stothart	2:04
10.	"Perfidia"	Alberto Dominguez	2:08
11.	"The Rhumba Jumps!"	Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer	2:14
12.	"Vaya Con Dios (May God Be with You)"	Inez James, Buddy Pepper, Larry Russell	3:19

Personnel

Mel Tormé – vocals, drums
Frank Beach – trumpet
Pete Candoli
Conrad Gozzo
Manny Klein
Eddie Kusby – trombone
Tommy Pederson
Dave Wells
Si Zentner
Gene Cipriano – woodwind
Chuck Gentry
Justin Gordon
Wilbur Schwartz
Bud Shank
Red Callender – tuba
Verlye Mills – harp
Jimmy Rowles – piano
Al Pelligrini
Bob Gibbons – guitar
Ralph Peña – double bass
Lou Singer – percussion, drums, marimba
Alvin Stoller – drums
Larry Bunker – drums, marimba
Billy May – arranger, conductor
Sheldon Marks – art direction
William Rotsler – cover photo

References

^ Allmusic review
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1408. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ ¡Olé Tormé!: Mel Tormé Goes South of the Border with Billy May at AllMusic
^ Friedwald, Will (May 18, 2010). A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers. Pantheon Books. ISBN 9780375421495 – via Google Books.
^ Firmat, Gustavo Perez (October 26, 2010). The Havana Habit. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0300168761 – via Google Books.

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[1] Allmusic review

[Penguin-2] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1408. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[3] ¡Olé Tormé!: Mel Tormé Goes South of the Border with Billy May at AllMusic

[4] Friedwald, Will (May 18, 2010). A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers. Pantheon Books. ISBN 9780375421495 – via Google Books.

[5] Firmat, Gustavo Perez (October 26, 2010). The Havana Habit. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0300168761 – via Google Books.

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	It's a Blue World (1955) Mel Tormé and the Marty Paich Dek-Tette (1956) Mel Tormé Sings Fred Astaire (1956) Mel Tormé's California Suite (1957) Prelude to a Kiss (1957) Tormé Meets the British (1957) Tormé (1958) Back in Town (1959) ¡Olé Tormé!: Mel Tormé Goes South of the Border with Billy May (1959) Broadway, Right Now! (1961) Mel Tormé Swings Shubert Alley (1960) I Dig the Duke! I Dig the Count! (1960–61) Swingin' on the Moon (and Margaret Whiting, 1960–61) My Kind of Music (1961) Mel Tormé Sings Sunday in New York & Other Songs About New York (1963) That's All (1964–66) Right Now! (1966) A Day in the Life of Bonnie and Clyde (1968) Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head (1969) Tormé: A New Album (1977) Together Again: For the First Time/When I Found You (and Buddy Rich, 1978) Top Drawer (and George Shearing, 1983) Mel Tormé, Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass (1986) Mel Tormé and the Marty Paich Dektette – Reunion (1988) Nothing Without You (and Cleo Laine, 1991) Christmas Songs (1992) A Tribute to Bing Crosby (1994) Velvet & Brass ( and Rob McConnell, 1995)
Live albums	Mel Tormé at the Crescendo (1955) Mel Tormé at the Crescendo (1957) Songs for Any Taste (1957) Mel Tormé at the Red Hill (1962) Mel Tormé live at the Maisonette (1975) An Evening with George Shearing & Mel Tormé (1982) The Classic Concert Live (and Gerry Mulligan, George Shearing, 1982) An Evening at Charlie's (and George Shearing, 1983) A Vintage Year (and George Shearing, 1987) Mel Tormé and the Marty Paich Dektette – In Concert Tokyo (1988) Mel and George "Do" World War II (1990) Mel Tormé Live at the Fujitsu–Concord Festival 1990 (1990) Night at the Concord Pavilion (1990) Sing Sing Sing (1992) Mel Tormé Live at the Playboy Jazz Festival (1993) The Great American Songbook: Live at Michael's Pub (1992) An Evening with Mel Tormé (1996) Ralph Gleason's Jazz Casual (2001)
Selected singles	"Comin' Home Baby" (1962)