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Mel Torme, Marty Paich
In the Studio & In Concert
Genres: Jazz, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists

Track Listings (9) - Disc #1
1. Sweet Georgia Brown - Mel Torm?, Bernie, Ben
2. Walk Between Raindrops - Mel Torm?, Fagen, Donald
3. When You Wish upon a Star/I'm Wishing - Mel Torm?, Churchill, Frank
4. Bossa Nova Potpourri/The Gift/One Note Samba/How Insensitive - Mel Torm?, Antonio, Luiz
5. The Trolley Song/Get Me to the Church on Time - Mel Torm?, Blaine, Ralph
6. More Than You Know - Mel Torm?, Eliscu, Edward
7. The Goodbye Look - Mel Torm?, Fagen, Donald
8. The Blues - Mel Torm?, Ellington, Duke
9. For Whom the Bell Tolls/Spain (I Can Recall) - Mel Torm?, Corea, Chick
Track Listings (13) - Disc #2
1. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - Mel Torm?, Ellington, Duke
2. Sweet Georgia Brown - Mel Torm?, Bernie, Ben
3. Just in Time - Mel Torm?, Comden, Betty
4. When the Sun Comes Out - Mel Torm?, Arlen, Harold
5. The Carioca - Mel Torm?, Eliscu, Edward
6. More Than You Know - Mel Torm?, Eliscu, Edward
7. Too Close for Comfort - Mel Torm?, Bock, Jerrold L.
8. The City - Mel Torm?, Hamilton, Arthur
9. Bossa Nova Potpourri/The Gift/One Note Samba/How Insensitive - Mel Torm?, Antonio, Luiz
10. On the Street Where You Live - Mel Torm?, Lerner, Alan Jay
11. Cotton Tail [Instrumental] - Mel Torm?, Ellington, Duke
12. The Christmas Song - Mel Torm?, Torme, Mel
13. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) (Reprise) - Mel Torm?, Ellington, Duke

CD Details

All Artists: Mel Torme, Marty Paich
Title: In the Studio & In Concert
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Concord Records
Original Release Date: 10/17/2000
Release Date: 10/17/2000
Album Type: Live
Genres: Jazz, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists
Styles: Swing Jazz, Traditional Jazz & Ragtime, Vocal Jazz, Bebop, Easy Listening, Oldies, Vocal Pop, Traditional Vocal Pop
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 013431492825

Synopsis

Amazon.com

Mel Torme's 1950s collaborations with West Coast arranger-pianist Marty Paich cemented his stature as an uncompromising jazz vocalist. The synergy between the two is comparable to Frank Sinatra's work with Nelson Riddle. Torme and Paich reunited in the late 1980s for two Concord albums: one a studio set, the other recorded live in Tokyo and mixing Torme and Paich favorites ("Too Close for Comfort") with pop, Latin, and jazz standards. Torme's sole misses are studio-recorded renditions of Donald Fagen's "The Goodbye Look" and "Walk Between the Raindrops." By eschewing Fagen's sardonic humor, the performances sound merely lounge-like. The concert's opening instrumental, a Basie-esque "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" underscores the rhythmic punch that always balanced Paich's California cool. With both men gone, it's fortunate Concord captured their reunion so completely. It also leaves a sense of regret that the pair didn't explore the magic a while longer while they were able. --Rich Kienzle

CD Reviews

Torme and Paich Magic

Glen Gaskill | Canberra, ACT Australia | 05/21/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"A magic double album bringing together Marty Paich and Mel Torme live and in a studio recording in 1988. This is 32 years since they recorded the wonderful "Sings Fred Astaire" and 28 years since "Swings Schubert Alley", an album that still raises the hair on my neck.The musical compatability between the two appears to have been enhanced by the time apart. Obviously reprising some of their earlier cpllaborations but extending them and adding some new touches. The studio set includes a couple of Donald Fagen songs that really suit Mel's delivery and a layered treatment of Chick Corea's Spain.The inclusion of Sweet Georgia Brown and Bossa Nova Pot Pouri on both CDs demonstrates the increased sparks that Mel generated in live performance.Paich uses Mel's voice as an additional band instrument and Torme adds his arranging skills as a full partner.Hearing the two albums together helps you to understand the true musical genius of the pairing."

"sensational and dynamic Torme"

J. Lovins | Missouri-USA | 10/25/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Starting at an early age, at Chicago's Blackhawk club at fours years old, later at the age of nineteen co-writing and assuring himself immortality - "THE CHRISTMAS SONG (CHESTNUTS ROASTING ON AN OPEN FIRE)", became a Holiday standard recorded by Nat "King" Cole.Concord Jazz and Torme first recorded in 1982, "An Evening with George Shearing", since then many albums have followed...but look at this for the first time one package 2-CD set..."IN THE STUDIO AND IN CONCERT", originally entitled ("Reunion"(1988) & "In Concert Tokyo (Live)(1988)...both are classic Torme!)Mel Torme and brilliant arranger Marty Paich and his swinging 10-piece Dek-tette, give the listener a intimate look into the world of jazz, via studio and live performances. Hats off to Concord Jazz for preserving this legend and icon entertainer, capturing the moment, will never be another...Mel Torme!Total Time: Disc One 43:47 on 9 Tracks & Disc Two 51:11 on 13 Tracks...Concord Jazz CCD2-4928...(2000)"