Mel Tormé Sings Fred Astaire
1956 studio album by Mel Tormé
Mel Tormé Sings Fred Astaire | ||||
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Released | 1956 | |||
Recorded | November 10–11, 1956 | |||
Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
Length | 33:15 | |||
Label | Bethlehem | |||
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Mel Tormé Sings Fred Astaire is a 1956 album by Mel Tormé, recorded in tribute to Fred Astaire. This was Tormé's second recording with Marty Paich and his Dek-Tette.[2]
Track listing
- "Nice Work If You Can Get It" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:12
- "Something's Gotta Give" (Johnny Mercer) – 4:00
- "A Foggy Day" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 2:47
- "A Fine Romance" (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) – 3:04
- "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 3:29
- "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails" (Berlin) – 3:11
- "The Way You Look Tonight" (Fields, Kern) – 2:25
- "The Piccolino" (Berlin) – 2:38
- "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 3:04
- "Cheek to Cheek" (Berlin) – 3:01
- "Let's Face the Music and Dance" (Berlin) – 2:22
- "They All Laughed" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 2:30
Personnel
- Mel Tormé - vocals
- Marty Paich - arranger, conductor
- Herb Geller - alto
- Jack Montrose - tenor
- Jack DuLong - baritone
- Pete Candoli - trumpet
- Don Fagerquist - trumpet
- Bob Enevoldsen - valve trombone and tenor
- Vince DeRosa - French horn
- Albert Pollan - tuba
- Max Bennett - bass
- Alvin Stoller - drums
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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)