Mel and George "Do" World War II
1990 live album by Mel Tormé and George Shearing
Mel and George "Do" World War II | ||||
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Live album by Mel Tormé and George Shearing | ||||
Released | 1990 | |||
Recorded | September 2–3, 1990 | |||
Genre | Vocal jazz, Jazz | |||
Length | 62:38 | |||
Label | Concord | |||
Producer | Carl Jefferson | |||
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George Shearing chronology | ||||
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Mel and George "Do" World War II is a 1990 live album by the American jazz singer Mel Tormé and the British jazz pianist George Shearing.[1]
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Allmusic | [1] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [2] |
Track listing
- "Lili Marlene" (Tommie Connor, Hans Leip, Norbert Schultze) – 6:18
- "Love" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) – 6:13
- "Aren't You Glad You're You?" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 5:35
- Duke Ellington Medley: "Cotton Tail"/"I Didn't Know About You"/"Don't Get Around Much Anymore"/"I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Duke Ellington)/(Ellington, Bob Russell)/(Ellington, Russell)/(Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James) – 3:39
- "I Don't Want to Walk Without You"/"I'll Walk Alone" (Frank Loesser, Jule Styne)/(Styne, Sammy Cahn) – 4:30
- "I Could Write a Book" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 5:29
- "A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening" (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) – 6:18
- "On the Swing Shift"/"The Five O'Clock Whistle" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)/(Kim Gannon, William C. K. Irwin, Josef Myrow) – 4:17
- "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" (Mercer, Arlen) – 5:18
- "This is the Army, Mister Jones" (Irving Berlin) – 3:30
- "We Mustn't Say Goodbye" (Al Dubin, James V. Monaco) – 3:13
- "I've Heard That Song Before" (Cahn, Styne) – 4:10
- "I Know Why (and So Do You)" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) – 5:15
Personnel
- Mel Tormé - vocals
- George Shearing - piano
- Neil Swainson - double bass
- Donny Osborne - drums
References
- ^ a b Mel and George "Do" World War II at AllMusic
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1409. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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