Cocktail Hour: Mel Torme

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The man whose voice earned him the nickname "Velvet Fog" had a long and productive career, not only as a consummate jazz crooner, but as writer and arranger as well. Much of the material featured on this budget-priced two-CD set is from Torme's earlier period, specifically the 1940s and early '50s. His voice is smooth and flexible, containing more honey than fog and has a boyish, romantic quality. Couple that with the lush strings and brassy, Vegas-like backgrounds, and you have the perfect prescription for those after-work blahs. Torme's way with "Little White Lies" and "You're Driving Me Crazy" is insouciantly sassy, but he shifts gears easily to heartfelt yearning on "Blue Moon" and "Born to Be Blue" and then to some upbeat, finger-snapping on "Three Little Words." Plus, the album contains his No. 1 hit from 1949, "Careless Hands." Much of the second disc finds Mel in a mellow mood--need we suggest, say, champagne on ice? As with the other Cocktail Hour sets, this one comes with an abundance of music but a paucity of information about it. The set lets the music do the talking. --Wally Shoup

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Cocktail Hour: Mel Torme
Mel Torme
Manufacturer: Columbia River Ent.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music
General | Jazz | Styles | Music
Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music
Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music
Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music
Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music
Traditional & Vocal Pop | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00003Q5AY
Release Date: 2000-01-11

What Is This Thing Called Love
Little White Lies
Get Out Of Town
A Little Kiss Each Morning
I Cover The Waterfront
A Cottage For Sale
The Best Things In Life Are Free
Gone With The Wind
But Beautiful
You're Driving Me Crazy
Willow Road
Try A Little Tenderness
A Foggy Day
Until The Real Thing Comes Along

Tracks:

I Got Sun In The Morning
Night And Day
Fine And Dandy
Careless Hands
I Can't Give You Anything But Love
Three Little Words
The Day You Came Along
Again
Love, You Funny Thing
Blue Moon
You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me
Born To Be Blue
A Stranger In Town
It's Easy To Remember

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The man whose voice earned him the nickname "Velvet Fog" had a long and productive career, not only as a consummate jazz crooner, but as writer and arranger as well. Much of the material featured on this budget-priced two-CD set is from Torme's earlier period, specifically the 1940s and early '50s. His voice is smooth and flexible, containing more honey than fog and has a boyish, romantic quality. Couple that with the lush strings and brassy, Vegas-like backgrounds, and you have the perfect prescription for those after-work blahs. Torme's way with "Little White Lies" and "You're Driving Me Crazy" is insouciantly sassy, but he shifts gears easily to heartfelt yearning on "Blue Moon" and "Born to Be Blue" and then to some upbeat, finger-snapping on "Three Little Words." Plus, the album contains his No. 1 hit from 1949, "Careless Hands." Much of the second disc finds Mel in a mellow mood--need we suggest, say, champagne on ice? As with the other Cocktail Hour sets, this one comes with an abundance of music but a paucity of information about it. The set lets the music do the talking. --Wally Shoup

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Mel Torme under water.......2000-11-21

It's a double CD at a bargain price but it's not a bargain. I checked out the first CD and discovered the 2 of the tracks were without Mel Torme. Studio orchestra is mostly strings and the overall quality and frequency response left much to be desired. There were no liner notes about the CD.

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