Together Again: For the First Time
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| Together Again: For the First Time | ||||
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| Released | 1978 | |||
| Recorded | January 1978, New York City, New York | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 32:52 | |||
| Label | Century Records, Gryphon Records | |||
| Producer | Norman Schwartz | |||
| Mel Tormé chronology | ||||
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| Buddy Rich chronology | ||||
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 Gryphon / RCA cover artwork | ||||
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 1999 CD re-issue | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Allmusic |  [2] |
| DownBeat | [3] |
Together Again: For the First Time is a 1978 studio album by Mel Tormé and Buddy Rich.[1] Originally recorded and released as a direct-to-disc LP album, it was re-issued in 1999 as When I Found You by Hindsight Records with two additional Buddy Rich Big Band instrumental tracks from the same era.[4]
Though they had been friends for a long time, Tormé and Rich had not recorded together until this album.
In the book Traveling Music, Neil Peart (best known as the drummer for Rush) stated that each side of the album was recorded in a single take directly to the master LP, which was a throwback to recording techniques of an earlier era. Not only did the mixing need to be correct, but if a musician would make a mistake, they had to re-record from the first song. Occasionally, the musicians would hear the command "take it from the top" and start the song they had been playing, instead of starting from the first song. This restart occasionally caused some confusion among the musicians who normally respond to that command by restarting the song instead of the album.
Reception
DownBeat gave the album 4.5 stars.[3] Reviewer Chuck Berg wrote, "Torme, whose nonpareil musicality and mellow grittiness put him at the top of his league, turns in remarkable performances as singer and arranger . . . Adding their own superb embellishments are altoist Phil Woods and pianist Hank Jones. It's a class act all the way round".[3]