An Evening with Mel Tormé explained

An Evening with Mel Tormé
Type:live
Artist:Mel Tormé
Cover:eveningmel.jpg
Released:1996
Recorded:July 23, 1996
Genre:Vocal jazz
Length:55:07
Label:Concord
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Prev Year:1995
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Next Year:2002

An Evening with Mel Tormé is a 1996 live album by Mel Tormé. This was Tormé's final recording before a stroke ended his career.

Track listing

  1. "Just One of Those Things"/"On Green Dolphin Street" (Cole Porter)/(Bronislaw Kaper, Ned Washington) – 4:56
  2. "You Make Me Feel So Young" (Mack Gordon, Josef Myrow) – 3:50
  3. "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (Eric Maschwitz, Manning Sherwin) – 4:19
  4. "Pick Yourself Up" (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) – 4:41
  5. "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) – 5:03
  6. "Love for Sale" (Porter) – 5:09
  7. "Since I Fell for You" (Buddy Johnson) – 4:42
  8. Benny Goodman medley: "Three Little Words"/"Slipped Disc"/"Smooth One"/"Rachel's Dream" (Harry Ruby, Burt Kalmar)/(Benny Goodman)/(Goodman)/(Goodman, Bert Reisfeld) – 3:09
  9. "I Remember You"/"It's Easy to Remember (And So Hard to Forget)" (Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger)/(Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 5:07
  10. "Lover, Come Back to Me" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) – 3:48
  11. "Stairway to the Stars" (Matty Malneck, Parish, Frank Signorelli) – 4:12
  12. "Oh, Lady Be Good!" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:41
  13. "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" (Porter) – 2:30

Personnel