Results for "Mel Torme"

Mel Torme: The London Sessions

by Jack Bowers
July 25, 2003

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 ...

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

Mel Torm: Live At The Playboy Jazz Festival

by Jim Santella
November 1, 2002

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 ...

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

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

Mel Torme/Marty Paich Dek-'tette: In The Studio And In Concrt

by Mark Corroto
January 1, 2001

As a fan of today’s free jazz, I must admit an unashamed devotion to several artists considered square (O.K. draw the box with your fingers). Growing up with my parents favorites Dean Martin, Tony Bennett, and Mel Torme their music made an indelible impression somewhere deep in my brain. Long after my parents stopped buying 78s ...

Mel Torme & the Marty Paich Dek-tette: In the Studio and in Concert

by Dave Hughes
January 1, 2001

Concord has launched a series of reissues which pair similar albums recorded by an artist in a specially-priced 2-CD sets. Mel Torme recorded for Concord during the later period of his distinguished career, still in fine voice, and these two pairings with the Marty Paich Dek-tette make up this set. The first, Reunion, refers to the ...

Mel Torme: In The Studio And In Concert

by AAJ Staff
January 1, 2001

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 ...

My Kind of Music

By Mel Torme

Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 2000
Track listing: 1. You and the Night and the Music 2. A Stranger In Town 3. I Guess I

Mel Torme: My Kind of Music

by David Adler
October 1, 2000

This 1961 reissue features the late Mel Torme accompanied by three London-based orchestras, led respectively by Geoff Love, Tony Osborne, and Wally Stott. It stands apart from scores of other jazz vocal albums in that nearly half the program consists of Torme’s original songs. The remaining tunes are by Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz, including a ...