An Evening with Mel Tormé
1996 live album by Mel Tormé
An Evening with Mel Tormé | ||||
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Released | 1996 | |||
Recorded | July 23, 1996 | |||
Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
Length | 55:07 | |||
Label | Concord | |||
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An Evening with Mel Tormé is a 1996 live album by Mel Tormé. This was Tormé's final recording before a stroke ended his career. [1]
Track listing
- "Just One of Those Things"/"On Green Dolphin Street" (Cole Porter)/(Bronislaw Kaper, Ned Washington) – 4:56
- "You Make Me Feel So Young" (Mack Gordon, Josef Myrow) – 3:50
- "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (Eric Maschwitz, Manning Sherwin) – 4:19
- "Pick Yourself Up" (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) – 4:41
- "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) – 5:03
- "Love for Sale" (Porter) – 5:09
- "Since I Fell for You" (Buddy Johnson) – 4:42
- Benny Goodman medley: "Three Little Words"/"Slipped Disc"/"Smooth One"/"Rachel's Dream" (Harry Ruby, Burt Kalmar)/(Benny Goodman)/(Goodman)/(Goodman, Bert Reisfeld) – 3:09
- "I Remember You"/"It's Easy to Remember (And So Hard to Forget)" (Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger)/(Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 5:07
- "Lover, Come Back to Me" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) – 3:48
- "Stairway to the Stars" (Matty Malneck, Parish, Frank Signorelli) – 4:12
- "Oh, Lady Be Good!" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:41
- "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" (Porter) – 2:30
Personnel
- Mel Tormé – vocals
- Mike Renzi – piano
- John Leitham – double bass
- Donny Osborne – drums
References
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. "An Evening with Mel Tormé > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
albums
- It's a Blue World (1955)
- Mel Tormé and the Marty Paich Dek-Tette (1956)
- Mel Tormé Sings Fred Astaire (1956)
- Mel Tormé's California Suite (1957)
- Prelude to a Kiss (1957)
- Tormé Meets the British (1957)
- Tormé (1958)
- Back in Town (1959)
- ¡Olé Tormé!: Mel Tormé Goes South of the Border with Billy May (1959)
- Broadway, Right Now! (1961)
- Mel Tormé Swings Shubert Alley (1960)
- I Dig the Duke! I Dig the Count! (1960–61)
- Swingin' on the Moon (and Margaret Whiting, 1960–61)
- My Kind of Music (1961)
- Mel Tormé Sings Sunday in New York & Other Songs About New York (1963)
- That's All (1964–66)
- Right Now! (1966)
- A Day in the Life of Bonnie and Clyde (1968)
- Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head (1969)
- Tormé: A New Album (1977)
- Together Again: For the First Time/When I Found You (and Buddy Rich, 1978)
- Top Drawer (and George Shearing, 1983)
- Mel Tormé, Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass (1986)
- Mel Tormé and the Marty Paich Dektette – Reunion (1988)
- Nothing Without You (and Cleo Laine, 1991)
- Christmas Songs (1992)
- A Tribute to Bing Crosby (1994)
- Velvet & Brass ( and Rob McConnell, 1995)
albums
- Mel Tormé at the Crescendo (1955)
- Mel Tormé at the Crescendo (1957)
- Songs for Any Taste (1957)
- Mel Tormé at the Red Hill (1962)
- Mel Tormé live at the Maisonette (1975)
- An Evening with George Shearing & Mel Tormé (1982)
- The Classic Concert Live (and Gerry Mulligan, George Shearing, 1982)
- An Evening at Charlie's (and George Shearing, 1983)
- A Vintage Year (and George Shearing, 1987)
- Mel Tormé and the Marty Paich Dektette – In Concert Tokyo (1988)
- Mel and George "Do" World War II (1990)
- Mel Tormé Live at the Fujitsu–Concord Festival 1990 (1990)
- Night at the Concord Pavilion (1990)
- Sing Sing Sing (1992)
- Mel Tormé Live at the Playboy Jazz Festival (1993)
- The Great American Songbook: Live at Michael's Pub (1992)
- An Evening with Mel Tormé (1996)
singles
- "Comin' Home Baby" (1962)