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 | |||
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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.