Prelude to a Kiss (album)

Prelude to a Kiss
Studio album by Mel Tormé
Released	1958
Recorded	November 1957
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	33:15
Label	Tops Records
Mel Tormé chronology
Tormé Meets the British (1957) Prelude to a Kiss (1958) Mel Tormé Sings About Love (1958)

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The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[2]

Prelude to a Kiss is a 1958 concept album by Mel Tormé. The album charts the course of a relationship, where each track is interspersed with dialogue.^[3] The album was recorded in Los Angeles in November, 1957.

1. "Something to Live For" (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn)
2. "
   I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" (George Bassman, Ned Washington
   )
3. "
   I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You" (Bing Crosby, Washington, Victor Young
   )
4. "
   I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me" (Clarence Gaskill, Jimmy McHugh
   )
5. "Prelude to a Kiss" (Ellington, Mack Gordon, Irving Mills)
6. "I've Got the World on a String" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
7. "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" (Arlen, Koehler)
8. "I Surrender Dear" (Harry Barris, Gordon Clifford)
9. "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" (Ellington, Mills, Nemo)
10. "Don't Worry 'bout Me" (Rube Bloom, Koehler)
11. "One Morning in May" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish)
12. "
    I Can't Give You Anything But Love" (Dorothy Fields
    , McHugh)

• Mel Torme
  - Vocals
• Marty Paich - Arranger, Conductor, Piano, Celesta
• Don Fagerquist - Trumpet
• Ronnie Lang - Alto-saxophone, Baritone-saxophone, Clarinet
• Hynie Gunkler - Alto-saxophone and Clarinet
• Bob Enevoldsen - Tenor-saxophone and Bass-clarinet
• Vince DeRosa - French horn
• Bill Pitman - Guitar
• Joe Mondragon - Bass
• Mel Lewis - Drums
• Stella Castellucci - Harp