Sweet Georgia Brown Just In Time When The Sun Comes Out The Carioca More Than You Know Bossa Nova Medley (The Gift~One Note Samba~How Insensitive) The City (Interview)
I'm a 58 yo Brit and, whilst I had heard of Mel Torme, I hadn't listened to him. Wow, he's phenomenal and makes Frank Sinatra look dull. The arrangements are so exciting, incredible and beautiful. The Americans are the only ones who can do it.
The Americans came from everywhere, even England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, the Isle of Man. As a Brit I hope you're thoroughly acquainted with the Ted Heath orchestra and the exemplary members of his groups.😊 Hey! Wait! You haven't heard ME play. That's okay, hundreds have . . .
Shout out to the drummer from this concert, the great John Von Ohlen, was an incredible drummer and amazing person. John passed a few years back, and he is sorely missed. I had the good fortune to play a steady gig for several years with him, and learned so much from him about music and life. Rest in peace, John, and "just keep swinging, baby!"
He is phenonmenal his work with with Marty Paitch should be preserved in a time capsule for future generations to enjoy and marvel at ? The rappers of today should check the guy out and his choice of songs ? He packs it all in with such pizaz totaly unsurpassed wonderful
Collaboration between Mel Tormé and Marty Paich goes a long way back. I just listened to the formidable album 'Live at the Crescendo' from 1957. 👍 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wfpJ6-MvJLU.html
John von Ohlen played drums with Stan Kenton in the early 1970's. There is a great concert video of him with the Kenton band on RU-vid when the band was touring England. There are also many audio recordings available of his time with Kenton. His replacement was Peter Erskine,another fabulous drummer who later played with Maynard Ferguson and Weather Report.
Most of them are definitely Marty Paich. If you search for the albums 'Mel Torme and the Marty Paich Dek-tette' (1956) and 'Mel Torme Swings Schubert Alley' (1960) you'll find many of these on there. Other arrangements here may be Marty Paich or Mel Torme, as he was also an arranger. Probably the best example of Mel Torme arrangements is on the 1975 album, 'Live at The Maisonette' - Torme did all the arrangements on that album and it is terrific to listen to. Hope that helps Tracey...
There are a few 'Mainsonette' tracks here on RU-vid. Here's a terrific Gershwin medley arranged by Mel Torme, who also accompanies himself on piano within the medley on 'How Long has this been Going On ?' and 'Oh Bess, where is my Bess ?' ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LuCaACMIdtI.html
Never cared for this velvet frog. Good song writer. To compare him to Sinatra is ignorant. No comparison. Sinatra set the standard for the light weights to follow. I’m an interview Mel himself said Sinatra was the best and a superstar who covered it all.
Tormé was a jazz singer. Sinatra was an entertainer and crooner. Sinatra was great at what he did, but there’s no way he could blaze a solo over a standard the way Mel could. He just couldn’t improvise in that way. Two different singers. Ignorant to dismiss the huge talent on display here, both upfront and in the band.
