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Mel Tormé - My Night to Dream: The Ballads Collection (CD) |  | Quantity in Basket:
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Tracks:
1. This Is My Night To Dream / It Must Be True - (with Alan Broadbent & Orchestra)
2. My Foolish Heart - (with George Shearing)
3. More Than You Know - (with Marty Paich Dek-tette)
4. Here's To My Lady - (with George Shearing)
5. Moonlight Becomes You - (with Alan Broadbent & Orchestra)
6. After The Waltz Is Over - (with George Shearing)
7. Angel Eyes - (with Cleo Laine)
8. How Do You Say Auf Wiedersehen? - (with George Shearing)
9. If You Could See Me Now - (with Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass)
10. House Is Not A Home, A - (with Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass)
11. I'll Be Seeing You - (with George Shearing)
12. I'll Be Around - (with Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass)
 Personnel includes: Mel Torme, Cleo Laine (vocals); George Shearing, Alan Broadbent, Marty Paich Dek-tette, Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass.
Recorded between 1983 and 1995. Includes liner notes by Mel Torme, John Burk, Hugh Hefner, Leonard Maltin, Leonard Feather, Rex Reed and George Shearing. |
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The Velvet Fog Rules, 2/20/2009
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Reviewer: Bill F. (1510 W., UT)
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Mel Torme is about as hip and cool as you can get. Torme was nicknamed the “Velvet Fog” in the mid 1940’s by the jazz scene in New York for his mellow voice that was always on pitch. Later in his career with the resurgence of jazz on the west coast his mature woman followers labeled him the “Blue Fox”. Whatever the moniker if you listen to Mel’s CD’s you realize there was none other like him. Besides a beautiful voice he was a prolific song writer with over 250 songs to his credit, including the holiday classic, “The Christmas Song”, made so popular by Nat King Cole. Torme performed in all of the major venues in the country including the Copacabana and Carnegie Hall in New York. One of his last live outdoor performances was at the Scera Shell in Orem, Utah during the summer outdoor season in 1998. My good friend Dana Robinson, who was the talent coordinator for Scera, told me of his gracious experience with Mr. Torme.
Dana recounts, “Mel arrived in mid afternoon from the Salt Lake airport. There were no handlers or entourage, he was alone. Mel did a sound check and warmed up his voice and then told me he needed to rest. I drove him to the motel, which the Scera used because they were able to do local trade-out. I was worried that it might not be up to his standards. When we arrived I told him this wasn’t right for him that maybe I could make other arrangements. Mel said, “Let’s go in and take a look at the room”. They let us in and it was standard business-class room with a queen bed, 19” TV and inexpensive recliner. Mel surveyed the layout and quickly said, “Oh Dana this will be fine. I’ll rest here on the bed and after the show I can come back here and sit in this recliner and watch some TV and just relax…this will do just fine”. We went out to the car and got Mel’s one bag. I offered to carry it for him, but he said, “No problem, I can carry it”. I have this vivid memory of this short, elderly man walking across the parking lot with his suit case in hand.”
Mel put on a great show that night and for a 74 year old man who had climbed to the top of the entertainment world he didn’t care if he was in Orem, Utah singing to 3,000 people. He was in heaven, because he was performing and the people loved him. In June of the following year Torme died unexpectedly of a stoke. He may be gone in body, but the mellow sound of the “Velvet Fog” will always remain.
"My Night to Dream" is Torme at his best!
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