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1962 studio album by Mel Tormé

Comin' Home Baby!

Studio album by Mel Tormé

Released

1962

Recorded

July 11–September 13, 1962

Genre

Jazz

Length

33:12

Mel Tormé chronology

My Kind of Music
(1962)

Comin' Home Baby!
(1962)

Mel Tormé at the Red Hill
(1963)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

Comin' Home Baby! is a 1962 studio album by Mel Tormé.

Track listing

"Comin' Home Baby!" (Bob Dorough, Ben Tucker) – 2:41
"Dat Dere" (Oscar Brown, Jr., Bobby Timmons) – 2:58
"The Lady's in Love with You" (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) – 3:01
"Hi-Fly" (Jon Hendricks, Randy Weston) – 3:13
"Puttin' on the Ritz" (Irving Berlin) – 2:23
"Walkin'" (Richard Carpenter) – 2:59
"Moanin'" (Hendricks, Timmons) – 3:03
"Sing You Sinners" (Sam Coslow, W. Franke Harling) – 2:27
"Whisper Not" (Leonard Feather, Benny Golson) – 2:49
"On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronislaw Kaper, Ned Washington) – 2:56
"Sidney's Soliloquy" (Jimmy Wisner) – 2:30
"Right Now" (Herbie Mann, Carl Sigman) – 2:12

Personnel

Recorded July 11 - September 13, 1962, in Los Angeles:

Mel Tormé – vocals, drums
Shorty Rogers – arranger and conductor
Claus Ogerman – arranger and conductor on "Comin' Home Baby!" and "Right Now"
Joe Burnett – trumpet
Ollie Mitchell – trumpet
Al Porcino – trumpet
Ray Triscari – trumpet
Milt Bernhart – trombone
Harry Betts – trombone
Kenny Shroyer – trombone
John Kitzmiller – tuba
Bud Shank – woodwind
Buddy Collette – woodwind
Bob Cooper – woodwind
Bill Hood – woodwind
Gene Estes – vibraphone
Mike Wofford – piano
Joe Mondragon – bass
Larry Bunker – drums
The Cookies – backing vocals
Nesuhi Ertegun – producer ("supervised by")
Bones Howe and Tom Dowd – recording engineers
Nat Hentoff – liner notes

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.

v t e Shorty Rogers
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
As leader or co-leader	Modern Sounds (1951) Popo (1951) Shorty Rogers and His Giants (1953–54) Cool and Crazy (1953) Bud Shank – Shorty Rogers – Bill Perkins (1954–55) Collaboration (1954) Shorty Rogers Courts the Count (1954) Martians Come Back! (1955) Martians Stay Home (1955) The Swinging Mr. Rogers (1955) Way Up There (1955) Portrait of Shorty (1957) Shorty Rogers Plays Richard Rodgers (1957) Wherever the Five Winds Blow (1957) Afro-Cuban Influence (1958) Chances Are It Swings (1958) Gigi in Jazz (1958) The Wizard of Oz and Other Harold Arlen Songs (1959) The Swingin' Nutcracker (1960) An Invisible Orchard (1961) The Fourth Dimension in Sound (1961) Bossa Nova (1962) Jazz Waltz (1962) Mavis Meets Shorty (with Mavis Rivers, 1962) Gospel Mission (1963) Yesterday, Today and Forever (and Bud Shank, 1963) California Concert (with Bud Shank, 1985)
With Stan Kenton	Innovations in Modern Music (1950) Stan Kenton Presents (1950) Popular Favorites by Stan Kenton (1950–53) The Kenton Era (1950–51) The Innovations Orchestra (1950–51)
With Pete Rugolo	Introducing Pete Rugolo (1954) Adventures in Rhythm (1954) Rugolomania (1954–55) New Sounds by Pete Rugolo (1954–55)
Sideman with others	Collaboration West (Teddy Charles, 1952–53) Evolution (Teddy Charles,1953–55) Jimmy Giuffre (Jimmy Giuffre, 1954–55) The Jimmy Giuffre Clarinet (Jimmy Giuffre, 1956)
Soundtracks	The Man with the Golden Arm (with Elmer Bernstein, 1955) Shorty Rogers Meets Tarzan (from Tarzan, the Ape Man, 1959) Baby the Rain Must Fall (film released 1965) Stagecoach (collaboration with Jerry Goldsmith, film released 1966) Heart Beat (1979)
Arranger	Christmas Album (Herb Alpert, released 1968) Chet Baker & Strings (1953–54) You're the Reason I'm Living (for Bobby Darin, 1962–63) Bobby Darin Sings The Shadow of Your Smile (for Bobby Darin, released 1966) Ode to Billie Joe (for Bobbie Gentry, released 1967) Local Gentry (for Bobbie Gentry, released 1968) The Delta Sweete (for Bobbie Gentry, released 1968) Reza (for Terry Gibbs, 1966) Lena Like Latin (for Lena Horne, 1963) In Love Again! (for Peggy Lee, 1963) Pass Me By (for Peggy Lee, 1965) The West Coast Sound (for Shelly Manne, 1953–55) My Son the Jazz Drummer! (for Shelly Manne, 1962) Portrait of Carmen (for Carmen McRae, 1967) The Sound of Silence (for Carmen McRae, 1967–68) The Wichita Train Whistle Sings (for Michael Nesmith, 1968) Big Swing Face, 1967) Buddy & Soul (for Buddy Rich, 1969) A Spoonful of Jazz (for Bud Shank, 1967) Comin' Home Baby! (for Mel Tormé, 1962)
Arranger for The Monkees	The Monkees Present (1966–69) "Daydream Believer"/"Goin' Down" (released 1967) "D. W. Washburn" (released 1968) The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees (1967–68)

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