¡Olé Tormé!

¡Olé Tormé!: Mel Tormé Goes South of the Border with Billy May is a 1959 studio album by Mel Tormé, arranged by Billy May.^[4][5] It was one of many Latin-tinged jazz albums released in the late 1950s and early 1960s.^[6]

¡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
Mel Tormé's California Suite (1957) ¡Olé Tormé!: Mel Tormé Goes South of the Border with Billy May (1959) Back in Town (1959)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
DownBeat	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

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

1. Allmusic review
2. DeMichael, Don (4 February 1960). "Mel Torme-Billy May: Ole Torme!". DownBeat. Vol. 27, no. 3. p. 30.
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1408. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
4. ¡Olé Tormé!: Mel Tormé Goes South of the Border with Billy May at AllMusic
5. Friedwald, Will (May 18, 2010). A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers. Pantheon Books. ISBN 9780375421495 – via Google Books.
6. Firmat, Gustavo Perez (October 26, 2010). The Havana Habit. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0300168761 – via Google Books.