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Torme

By Mel Torme

Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. That old Feeling 2. Gloomy Sunday 3. Body and Soul 4. Nobody

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The London Sessions

By Mel Torme

Label: Audio Fidelity
Released: 2003
Track listing: Send in the Clowns; New York State of Mind; All in Love Is Fair; The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face; Stars; Ordinary Fool; Medley (When the World Was Young, Yesterday When I Was Young); Bye Bye Blackbird.

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Mel Torme: Torme

Read "Torme" reviewed by David Rickert

by David Rickert

“That Old Feeling,” the first track on Torme’s 1958 self-titled album, is a lively tune tinged with sadness – he’s happy to see his old lover, but he recognizes that he won’t fall in love again until he gets over her, which isn’t likely to happen anytime soon. On the next track, it’s a lonely Sunday ...

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Vocal Goodies II: Classic Singers

Read "Vocal Goodies II: Classic Singers" reviewed by David Rickert

by David Rickert

Mel Torme Torme Verve 1958 “That Old Feeling , the first track on Torme's self titled album, is a lively tune tinged with sadness ï" he's happy to see his old lover, but he recognizes that he won't fall in love again until he gets over her, which isn't likely ...

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Mel Torme: The London Sessions

Read "The London Sessions" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers

Professionalism, I suppose, implies the ability to perform to the best of one's ability in spite of whatever obstacles are placed in one's path. In June 1977, when the late Mel Tormé recorded the songs that comprise The London Sessions, he relates that he was nervous, apprehensive, and nearly exhausted after a long flight from New ...

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Live At The Playboy Jazz Festival

By Mel Torme

Label: Playboy Jazz
Released: 2002
Track listing: Opus 1; Medley: I Had the Craziest Dream/Darn That Dream; I

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Mel Torm: Live At The Playboy Jazz Festival

Read "Live At The Playboy Jazz Festival" reviewed by Jim Santella

by Jim Santella

Recorded at his final Playboy Jazz Festival appearance, this 36-minute session was envisioned by Mel Tormé as a tribute to the Swing Era. As was his habit, the singer created an eclectic set that included a little of everything: vocal with piano accompaniment, vocal interacting with big band, the singer with his reliable trio, and much ...

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In The Studio And In Concrt

By Mel Torme

Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 2001
Track listing: Sweet Georgia Brown; Walk Between The Raindrops; When You Wish Upon A Star/I

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In The Studio And In Concert

By Mel Torme

Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 2001
Track listing: Disk 1: Sweet Georgia Brown, Walk Between The Raindrops, When You Wish Upon A Star/I'm Wishing, Bossa Nova Potpourri, The Trolley Song/Get Me To The Church On Time, More Than You Know, The Goodbye Look, The Blues, For Whom The Bell Tolls/Spain

Disk 2: It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing), Sweet Georgia Brown, Just In Time, When The Sun Comes Out, The Carioca, More Than You Know, Too Close For Comfort, The City, Bossa Nova Potpourri, On The Street Where You Live, Cotton Tail, The Christmas Song, It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Reprise

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Mel Torme: In The Studio And In Concert

Read "In The Studio And In Concert" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

As Concord re-releases some of its classic Mel Tormé albums, it becomes increasingly clear to even the most casual listener that he improved with age. Like the very best of the big band singers, and in fact like the best of the jazz singers, Tormé was in sync with the instrumentalists who supported him, his voice ...


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