Mel Torme At The Movies

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Although hardly the first Mel Tormé album anyone should buy, At the Movies does reflect the singer's unsinkable aplomb: whether vying with hopelessly hapless production-number fodder such as "Mrs. Whiffen" (cut from 1943's Higher and Higher) and "Lucky in Love" (the 1947 Good News) or delivering ace renditions of "On Green Dolphin Street" and "The Lady's in Love with You" (both cribbed from the Comin' Home Baby album), Tormé is all there. Two late-life prizes--a "Monsters Lead Such Interesting Lives" (from a Daffy Duck flick) that recalls the straight-faced reading Tormé gave Was (Not Was)'s "Zaz Turned Blue," along with Sondheim's philosophical gem "Live Alone and Like It" (from Dick Tracy)--close the disc with a zing that reminds us how much this guy loved his work. --Rickey Wright

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Mel Torme At The Movies
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    		Mel Torme At The Movies
    Mel Torme
    Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    Bebop GeneralBebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
    Swing GeneralSwing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
    Traditional Jazz GeneralTraditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music
    Vocal Jazz GeneralVocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
    Traditional Vocal PopTraditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music
    Traditional PopTraditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music
    Rhino RecordsRhino Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music
    ASIN: B00000J63L
    Release Date: 1999-06-15

    Tracks:

    1. Mrs. Whiffen (Outtake)
    2. Minuet In Boogie
    3. The Best Things In Life Are Free
    4. Lucky In Love
    5. Be A Ladies' Man
    6. Just Imagine (Outtake)
    7. Lucky In Love (Reprise)(Outtake)
    8. Blue Moon
    9. Warm Hands, Cold Heart (Outtake)
    10. Walk Like A Dragon
    11. Sunday In New York
    12. Love Is Just Around The Corner (Live)
    13. These Desperate Hours
    14. On Green Dolphin Street
    15. The Lady's In Love With You
    16. Puttin' On The Ritz
    17. I Wished On The Moon
    18. All That Jazz
    19. Monsters Lead Such Interesting Lives
    20. Live Alone And Like It

    Amazon.com

    Although hardly the first Mel Tormé album anyone should buy, At the Movies does reflect the singer's unsinkable aplomb: whether vying with hopelessly hapless production-number fodder such as "Mrs. Whiffen" (cut from 1943's Higher and Higher) and "Lucky in Love" (the 1947 Good News) or delivering ace renditions of "On Green Dolphin Street" and "The Lady's in Love with You" (both cribbed from the Comin' Home Baby album), Tormé is all there. Two late-life prizes--a "Monsters Lead Such Interesting Lives" (from a Daffy Duck flick) that recalls the straight-faced reading Tormé gave Was (Not Was)'s "Zaz Turned Blue," along with Sondheim's philosophical gem "Live Alone and Like It" (from Dick Tracy)--close the disc with a zing that reminds us how much this guy loved his work. --Rickey Wright

    Music:

    1. Miss Saigon [Cast Recording]
    2. Miss Spectacular: The Concept Album
    3. My Fair Lady [Cast Recording]
    4. No Strings (With Strings) (Orchestral Music from the Richard Rodgers Broadway Hit)
    5. Nuncrackers: The Nunsense Christmas Musical (1998 Original Cast) [Cast Recording]
    6. Oklahoma! (1964 Studio Cast) [Cast Recording] [Original recording remastered]
    7. On Broadway: Hit Songs and Rarities From the Brill Building Era [Import]
    8. Opening Doors
    9. Phantom of the Opera [Cast Recording]
    10. Pinafore! (Original Los Angeles Cast) [Cast Recording]

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