With a rich, velvet-toned voice, flawless pitch, virtuoso scatting technique and
always-swinging phrasing, Mel Tormé was, quite simply, one of the finest
vocalists of the 20th Century. In Velvet & Brass—the second of two
collaborations with arranger, valve trombonist, and Boss Brass big band leader,
Rob McConnell—Tormé is heard in top form. Singing the songs of the great
American composers, with innovative arrangements from the pen of Rob McConnell
played by the incomparable Boss Brass big band, Mel Tormé is nothing short of
masterful in this Grammy® Award-winning recording. Now on Super Audio CD (SACD),
the full spectrum of velvety and brassy tones is revealed with astonishing
detail in this Tormé/McConnell masterpiece.
Selections:
1. Nobody Else But Me
2. Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)
3. If You Could See Me Now
4. I Get A Kick Out Of You
5. Have You Met Miss Jones?
6. Love Walked In
7. Autumn Serenade
8. My Sweetie Went Away
9. I'll Be Around
10. On The Swing Shift
11. High and Low
12. In The Still Of The Night
13. I'm Glad There Is Yo
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