Top Drawer
1983 studio album by Mel Tormé
Top Drawer | ||||
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Released | 1983 | |||
Recorded | May 1983 | |||
Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
Length | 38:41 | |||
Label | Concord | |||
Producer | Carl Jefferson | |||
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Allmusic | [1] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [2] |
Top Drawer is a 1983 album by Mel Tormé, accompanied by George Shearing.[3]
At the 26th Grammy Awards, Tormé's performance on this album won him the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male.
Track listing
- "A Shine on Your Shoes" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 3:06
- "How Do You Say Auf Wiedersehen?" (Johnny Mercer, Tony Scibetta) – 5:45
- "Oleo" (Sonny Rollins) – 4:15
- "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) – 5:45
- "Hi Fly" (Randy Weston) – 3:24
- "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) 6:02
- "What's This?" (Dave Lambert) – 3:13
- "Away in a Manger" (Traditional) – 3:51
- "Here's to My Lady" (Rube Bloom, Mercer) – 3:20
Personnel
- Mel Tormé - vocals
- George Shearing - piano
- Don Thompson - double bass
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1409. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Top Drawer at AllMusic
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- In the Night (1956)
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- Beauty and the Beat! (1959)
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- White Satin (1960)
- George Shearing and the Montgomery Brothers (1961)
- Nat King Cole Sings/George Shearing Plays (1961)
- The Swingin's Mutual! (1961)
- Shearing Bossa Nova (1962)
- Touch Me Softly (1963)
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- New Look! (1967)
- The Heart and Soul of Joe Williams and George Shearing (1971)
- Music to Hear (1972)
- Continental Experience (1975)
- The Reunion (1976)
- Two for the Road (1980)
- On a Clear Day (1980)
- First Edition (1981)
- Top Drawer (1983)
- An Elegant Evening (1985)
- Grand Piano (1985)
- George Shearing & Barry Tuckwell Play the Music of Cole Porter (1986)
- More Grand Piano (1986)
- Breakin' Out (1987)
- The Spirit of 176 (1988)
- George Shearing in Dixieland (1989)
- Piano (1989)
- The Rare Delight of You (2002)
- Hopeless Romantics (2005)
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- Jazz Concert (1963)
- Rare Form! (1966)
- Blues Alley Jazz (1979)
- An Evening with George Shearing & Mel Tormé (1982)
- The Classic Concert Live (1982)
- An Evening at Charlie's (1983)
- Live at the Café Carlyle (1984)
- A Vintage Year (1987)
- A Perfect Match (1988)
- Dexterity (1988)
- Mel and George "Do" World War II (1990)
- The Rare Delight of You (2002)
- Hopeless Romantics (2005)
- Discography
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