Songs For Any Taste Mel Torme
Album info
Album-Release:
1959
HRA-Release:
12.03.2014
Album including Album cover Booklet (PDF)
- 1 It's All Right With Me 04:28
- 2 Manhattan 03:16
- 3 Taking A Chance On Love 01:59
- 4 Home By The Sea 01:53
- 5 I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' 03:14
- 6 It's De Lovely 02:44
- 7 Tenderly 02:20
- 8 I Wish I Were In Love Again 02:31
- 9 Autumn Leaves 01:32
- 10 Nobody's Heart 02:31
Info for Songs For Any Taste
„Mel Tormé recorded a number of lovely albums for Bethlehem during the '50s, including It's a Blue World and Sings Fred Astaire. Consisting of a few studio sides interspersed with material recorded live at the Crescendo in February of 1957, Songs for Any Taste finds Tormé asserting himself with confidence and style.
Pianist/leader Marty Paich offers beautifully understated arrangements, featuring trumpeter Don Fagerquist and accordion player Larry Bunker. The set is heavy with lesser-known standards from Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hart, and the Gershwins. Tormé begins the set with a 'French' version of 'Autumn Leaves,' complete with a fake accent that serves to warm up the audience. 'I Wish I Were in Love Again' and 'It's Delovely' are two upbeat knockouts, while 'Tenderly' proceeds at a more languorous pace. The background singing and formal arrangements of 'I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'' mark it as a studio track, but quality-wise, it fits in well with the other material.
The quiet 'Nobody's Heart' closes the set, a moody late-night piece with piano accompaniment. This is a beautiful set, with great songs, in-between chatter, and sympathetic backing.“ (Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr.)
Mel Tormé, vocals
Larry Bunker, accordion, vibraphone, bongos
Don Fagerquist, trumpet
Howard McGhee, trumpet
Marty Paich, piano
Ralph Sharon, piano
Mel Lewis, drums
Stan Levey, drums
Pat Moran Quartet, background vocals
Recorded at the Crescendo Club, Los Angeles, California in 1957
Digitally remastered
No biography found.
Booklet for Songs For Any Taste