0710357442728

Mel Torme: Mountain Greenery - A Centenary Tribute (His 51 Finest 1944-1962)

Mel Torme

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Format: 2CD

Cat No: RTS4427

PRE-ORDER: This item will be shipped with the aim to deliver on release day.

Release Date:  02 May 2025

Label:  Retrospective - Cd / Retrospective

Packaging Type:  Fat Double (a 2.5cm thick jewel case, fits several CDs)

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  0710357442728

Genres:  Jazz  Swing Jazz  

  • Description

    This great double CD centenary tribute celebrates jazz singer, songwriter, pianist, drummer, actor, arranger, author and producer Mel Torme (1925-1999). Among the most popular and influential jazz singers of the postwar era, he was simply one of the best popular vocalists of all time. Known as "The Velvet Fog", he had a smooth, mellow voice, husky yet gentle, over which he always exercised consummate control. His choice of repertoire was an object lesson in musical quality. "Mountain Greenery" is Retrospective's tribute, 51 tracks that sum up the impact Mel Torme had on the music scene. It includes his greatest commercial successes Careless Hands (a No.1 hit), Again, The Four Winds And The Seven Seas, and the duet with Peggy Lee, The Old Master Painter. The earliest track is his own teenage composition A Stranger In Town from 1944 which, like several other early hits, also featured his Mel-Tones (including the memorable What Is This Thing Called Love? with Artie Shaw).

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