It's a Blue World (Mel Tormé album)

It's a Blue World is an album by Mel Tormé that was released by Bethlehem Records.[2]

It's a Blue World
Studio album by Mel Tormé
Released	1955
Recorded	August 28–30, 1955
Genre	Jazz
Length	33:15
Label	Bethlehem
Mel Tormé chronology
Mel Tormé at the Crescendo (1955) It's a Blue World (1955) Mel Tormé and the Marty Paich Dek-Tette (1956)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Reception

The Billboard review in 1955 wrote that the material was mostly standards and that Tormé "renders them in a mellow, jazz-wize manner, and sales should be good among the hipsters".[2] AllMusic stated: "Tormé invested the songs with warmth and confidence. Recorded and released around the time he turned 30, It's a Blue World marked a turning point in Mel Tormé's recording career."[1]

Track listing

1. "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) – 3:23
2. "Till the Clouds Roll By" (Jerome Kern, P. G. Wodehouse) – 2:54
3. "Isn't It Romantic?" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:41
4. "I Know Why (And So Do You)" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 3:50
5. "All This, and Heaven Too" (Eddie DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:39
6. "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:33
7. "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Johnny Burke, Van Heusen) – 3:56
8. "You Leave Me Breathless" (Ralph Freed, Frederick Hollander) – 3:23
9. "I Found a Million Dollar Baby (in a Five and Ten Cent Store)" (Mort Dixon, Billy Rose, Warren) – 3:43
10. "Wonderful One" (Paul Whiteman, Ferde Grofé, Theodora Morse) – 3:17
11. "It's a Blue World" (George Forrest, Robert C. Wright) – 3:45
12. "Stay as Sweet as You Are" (Gordon, Harry Revel) – 3:21

Personnel

• Mel Tormé - vocals
• Marty Paich - arranger, conductor
• Al Pellegrini - arranger, conductor
• André Previn - arranger, conductor
• Russell Garcia - arranger, conductor

References

1. AllMusic review
2. "Reviews and Ratings of New Popular Albums". Billboard. Vol. 67 no. 53. December 31, 1955. p. 16.