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Mel Tormé's California Suite

Mel Tormé's California Suite
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Studio album by Mel Tormé
Released 1957
Recorded 1957
Genre Vocal jazz
Length 36:41
Label Bethlehem
Mel Tormé chronology
Mel Tormé at the Crescendo
(1957)
Mel Tormé's California Suite
(1957)
Songs for Any Taste
(1957)
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Allmusic 4/5 stars

Mel Tormé's California Suite is a 1957 studio album by Mel Tormé, of his California suite.

Tormé first wrote the suite as a twenty-minute piece in 1949, arranged by Neal Hefti and Billy May, with Peggy Lee providing vocals. It was expanded to this LP length version in 1957. The suite was later recorded by Sammy Davis, Jr.

All music and lyrics written by Mel Tormé, except "San Fernando Valley" by Tormé and Gordon Jenkins.


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