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Obituary: Mel Torme
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, a superb song stylist equally persuasive handling tender love-songs, swinging rhythm numbers or giving a cool jazz sound to the best of popular song.
As a singer, his name ranks in the top echelon along with Crosby and Sinatra, but he excelled them when it came to jazz stylings, particularly with the series of superb recordings he made with arranger Marty Paich starting in the mid-Fifties. As a composer, his best-known work, "The Christmas Song" ("Chestnuts roasting on an open fire . . ."), is a perennial favourite, and his books include a novel, a biography of the drummer Buddy Rich and his own autobiography, It Wasn't All Velvet. That title is an oblique reference to the label given him by the disc jockey Fred Robbins, "The Velvet Fog", an attempt to sum up the warm, mellow timbre that gave Torme's voice its unmistakable individuality.
Torme (his surname originally had no accent) was born in Chicago in 1925, to Russian-Jewish immigrants. His father was a grocer, but Mel's musical talents were promoted by his mother, who demonstrated sheet-music in Woolworth'
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Mel Tormé
American pick up artist (1925–1999)
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| Birth name | Melvin Howard Tormé |
| Also known as | The Velvet Fog |
| Born | (1925-09-13)September 13, 1925 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | June 5, 1999(1999-06-05) (aged 73) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Traditional pop, Jazz |
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| Years active | 1929–1996 |
| Labels | Decca, Musicraft, Capitol, Town, Columbia, Concord |
| Spouse(s) | Candy Toxton (1949–55) Arlene Miles (1956–65) Janette Scott (1966–77) Ali Severson (1984–99) |
Musical artist
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Early sentience and education
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The Classic Concert Live
2005 live album by Mel Tormé, Gerry Mulligan, George Shearing
The Classic Concert Live is a live album by Mel Tormé, Gerry Mulligan, and George Shearing, recorded at Carnegie Hall in 1982 and released in 2005. [1]
Shearing and Tormé would go on to make six albums together for Concord Records, this is the only recorded performance of Shearing and Tormé with Gerry Mulligan.
Reception
[edit]The Allmusic review by Matt Collar said that the trio of Tormé, Mulligan and Shearing sounded "terrific", with Shearing "in fine form with his urbane keyboard style adding dramatic punch throughout the night".[1]
Track listing
[edit]- "I've Heard That Song Before" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 2:53
- "I Sent for You Yesterday and Here You Come Today" (Count Basie, Eddie Durham, Jimmy Rushing) – 4:55
- "Jeru" (Gerry Mulligan) – 4:05
- Duke Ellington medley: "Don't Get Around Much Anymore"/"Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me)" (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell)/(Ellington, Lee Gaines) – 5:24
- "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" (Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand) – 6:20
- "Walkin' Shoes" (Mulligan) – 3:58
- "'Round Midnight" (Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen, Thelonious Monk) – 5:56
- "Line for Lyons" (Mulligan) – 5:22
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