American modern vocal group, they appeared in several motion pictures and numerous radio shows, later the name was expanded to mel torme and the meltones in recognition of mel tormes dual role as the arranger and solo vocalist. Elegant jazz singer who was given the nickname velvet fog. Pages in category mel torme live albums the following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. Mel torm by ken dryden, published on february 10, 2005 at all about jazz. Songstube is against piracy and promotes safe and legal music downloading. The songs selected for this collection are ideal for mel s vocal range and are wonderfully complemented by the seemingly effortless accompainment of george shearing. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that. The songs selected for this collection are ideal for mels vocal range and are wonderfully complemented by the seemingly effortless accompainment of george shearing. Back in town with the meltones 1960 mel torme swings shubert alley with marty paich and his dektette swingin on.
Galaxy news radio, and comin home baby gravy waltz. September 1998 click to download part one click to download part two. Featuring an artist at the peak of his ability and talent, a collection of topdrawer songs from the best pop composers ever. The complete concord recordings of mel torme and george shearing is a tight, bookbound box set, similar in style to columbias series of miles davis sets, compiling each of their six original albums onto a single cd with a seventh full of bonus tracks, many of them also live. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod.
Biography scrapbook christmas song video contact discography home 2010 mel torme estate all rights reserved no portion of this site may be reproduced. I got it bad and that aint good duke ellington, paul francis webster 3. In the 1950s, mel torme recorded several memorable lps on which he was joined by arranger marty paich and his dektette an allstar tenpiece band. The best of the concord years by jim santella, published on december 1, 1999.
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A partial discography of mel torme compiled by george hulme more to come. Ole torme mel torme goes south of the border with billy may. Mel torme i cant give you anything but love, baby 3. Mel, the consummate professional, sounds like he walked into the studio with the musicians assembled and turned this album out in first takes. This is an ideal album for background music when entertaining, as well as a great album to sink in to when your all alone. It should only contain pages that are mel torme albums or lists of mel torme albums, as well as subcategories containing those things.
Though its sometimes relegated to second or third place among tormes best albums of the 50s behind mel torme and the marty paich dektette and its a blue world, its difficult to hear how mel torme sings fred astaire cant be the best album of his entire career. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from mel torme. View all albums and help us complete mel torme discography. Singer, actor, writer, composer, arranger, drummer and pianist, mel torme was extraordinarily versatile, but he will primarily be remembered as one of the supreme popular vocalists of this century. This cd, their first joint recording, is consistently exciting. It allows our most engaged readers to debate the big issues, share their own experiences, discuss realworld solutions, and more. There is a wide variety of songs and bands throughout his early and middle career. The following is a az list of all songs by mel torme. Topics about mel torme albums in general should be placed in relevant topic categories. Songstube provides all the best mel torme songs, oldies but goldies tunes and. A child prodigy, torme entered show biz at the age of three. By contrast the sonny clark trio from the same year has an altogether more lyrically boppish feel about it. Jan 04, 2018 melvin howard torme september, 1925 june 5, 1999, nicknamed the velvet fog, was an american musician, best known as a singer of jazz standards.
Steve march torme is also a musician and lives and works in appleton,wisconsin. Jazz fans know mel torme as the singer who best exemplified the cool west coast sound. For every fan of mel torme this offering is well worth it. From 1955 to 1957, he recorded seven vocal jazz albums for red clydes bethlehem records, all with groups led by marty paich, most notably mel torme and the marty paich dektette. These arent just old ballads from tormes earliest years. Biography scrapbook christmas song video contact discography home 2010 mel torme estate all.
These arent just old ballads from torme s earliest years. Buy and sell music with collectors in the marketplace. Whether singing jazz, scat or anything else he has a one of a kind voice. A star of the theatre, she has also recorded with such hepsters as ray charles and mel torme. Uk 46 usa 46 australia canada netherlands 5 new zealand 4 sweden 3 france 2 japan 2 south africa 2 argentina 1 germany 1 india 1. Its a blue world is a 1955 album by mel torme track listing. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. The group disbanded in 1945 due to members being drafted to army service.
This is a partial discography of american jazz singer mel torme. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. This article needs additional citations for verification. These recordings proved a creative peak for torme and for paich, a leading figure in the west coast jazz of the time. On an historical note, terry silverlight is the drummer on the entire album, except send in the clowns, which mel sits in on. We have resumed very limited warehouse and shipping operations. The londonborn laine can sing opera or jazz with her set of multioctave pipes. A short stint as a big band drummer left him with a firm grasp of complex rhythms and he enjoyed a brief. American modern vocal group, they appeared in several motion pictures and numerous radio shows, later the name was expanded to mel torme and the mel tones in recognition of mel tormes dual role as the arranger and solo vocalist. For this longoverdue reunion, paich utilized an 11piece outfit not counting two percussionists, adding a second trombone and a baritone to the original instrumentation while dropping the french horn. A short stint as a big band drummer left him with a firm grasp of complex rhythms and he enjoyed a brief period as a crooning teen idol in the 1940s film roles included. Melvin howard torme, known professionally as mel torme and nicknamed the velvet fog, was an american musician. Mel torme the velvet fog remastered 2019 flac 24bit. This cd is a treasured addition to my music library and highly recommended to others.
Mel torme six classic albums reel to re cd grooves inc. Mel tormes california suite with marty paich and his dektette torme meets the british. He had a radio program, mel torme time, which appeared on the shortlived progressive broadcasting system in the 1950s. Setting the brilliant music heard within, this set isnt much more. Tidal is the first global music streaming service with high fidelity sound, hidef video quality, along with expertly curated playlists and original content making it a trusted source for music and culture. Mel tormes singing is now and always was top of the line and very enjoyable. From 1955 to 1957, torme recorded 7 jazz vocal albums with red clydes bethlehem records, all with groups led by marty paich, most notably mel torme with the marty paich dektette. Mel torme s singing is now and always was top of the line and very enjoyable.