It's a Blue World
Released: Aug 28, 1955
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Released: Aug 28, 1955
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Mel Tormé had spent the first decade of his solo career being treated by record companies as a pop singer when Bethlehem offered to treat him as a jazz artist in 1955. The label requested that his...
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The London Sessions
Released: June 1977
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Released: June 1977
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Mel Tormé had recorded relatively few rewarding albums in the decade before this set, originally put out by Gryphon before being reissued on CD by DCC Jazz. However, his voice had improved with...
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Musical Sounds Are the Best Songs
Released: 1954
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Released: 1954
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It's a habit of vocal fans, when checking out albums for purchase, to scan the track titles for standards, the familiar tunes with witty, insightful lyrics, penned by the choicest of popular...
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My Kind of Music
Released: Jul 18, 1961
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Released: Jul 18, 1961
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If Verve needed a concept for Mel Tormé's last album on the label, there were certainly a few available. For one thing, My Kind of Music features five of Tormé's own songs, including chestnuts like...
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Night at the Concord Pavilion
Released: August 1990
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Released: August 1990
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This spontaneous set finds Mel Tormé in typically fine form. The first seven selections, which find Tormé backed by pianist John Campbell, bassist Bob Maize and drummer Donny Osborne, have three...
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Reunion
Released: August 1988
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Released: August 1988
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In the 1950s, Mel Tormé recorded several memorable LPs on which he was joined by arranger Marty Paich and his Dek-tette (an all-star ten-piece band). For this long-overdue reunion, Paich utilized...
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