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Mel Torme - Mel Torme's Finest Hour (2001)

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Mel Torme - Mel Torme's Finest Hour (2001)

Mel Torme - Mel Torme's Finest Hour (2001)
Label: Verve Records | FLAC (tracks + .cue,log) | MP3/320 kbps | Time: 59:48 | 323 MB(+3%) | 142 MB(+3%)
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz

Mel Tormé - Mel Tormé's Finest Hour (2001) is a compilation album that showcases the remarkable vocal talent of Mel Tormé, one of the most iconic jazz singers of the 20th century. Released in 2001, this album highlights Tormé's rich, velvet-like voice, impeccable phrasing, and ability to interpret songs with emotional depth and sophistication. As one of the most versatile vocalists in jazz, Tormé's career spanned multiple decades, and this compilation serves as a great introduction to his style and vocal artistry.

Tracklist

1 A Stranger In Town
2 The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)
3 Mountain Greenery
4 The Hut Sut Song
5 Cement Mixer
6 House Is Haunted By The Echo Of Your Last Goodbye
7 I Don't Want To Cry Anymore
8 What Is This Thing Called Love
9 It Happened In Monterey
10 Too Close For Comfort
11 Whatever Lola Wants
12 Born To Be Blue
13 A Shine On Your Shoes
14 At The Crossroads (Malaguena)
15 Nina
16 I'm Gonna Go Fishin
17 Down For Double
18 I Loved You Once In Silence
19 What's New At The Zoo?
20 Don't Let That Moon Get Away
21 Velvet Moon
Mel Torme - Mel Torme's Finest Hour (2001)

Mel Tormé's Finest Hour leads off with a Decca recording from 1944 but otherwise concentrates on Tormé's stints with the Coral and Verve labels between 1953-1960. Tormé's tight arrangements and smooth crooning made him a natural crossover artist, but he charted no pop hits during this period. Nonetheless, the recordings compiled here are broadly appealing, particularly on songs such as "What Is This Thing Called Love?" that prominently feature Tormé's jazz-pop vocal group, the Mel-Tones. "At the Crossroads (Malagueña)" vacillates between Bill Haley-style rock-a-boogie rhythms and big-band swing, and "What's New at the Zoo?" – a duet with Margaret Whiting – is a silly novelty with a rock & roll guitar solo. "The Hut Sut Song" and Slim Gaillard's "Cement Mixer" are novelties, too, but ones that jazz purists will find less offensive. In between, there are a number of serious jazz vocal performances and sweetly orchestrated romantic ballads of the sort that earned Tormé the nickname of "the Velvet Fog." Tormé's 1954 recording of his holiday standard "The Christmas Song" is also included, making Mel Tormé's Finest Hour an inclusive and diverse sampling of music from a versatile artist and exemplary vocalist.~ Greg Adams

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Mel Tormé / Mel Tormé's Finest Hour

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