Mel Tormé

...and universities, sharing the stage with the Count Basie Orchestra and Tito Puente. They have accompanied vocalists Jack Jones, Mel Torme, Nel Carter and Barbra Streisand, to name a few. Their recordings include Flower Drum Song,...

In this article: Perth Amboy High School, Perth Amboy, NJ, New York, Apollo, Count Basie Orchestra, and New York Giants

...likes of Ella Fitzgerald, the Count Basie Orchestra, Natalie Cole, Diana Krall, Milt Jackson, Rosemary Clooney, Barbara Streisand, Mel Torme, and John Pizzarelli, and had a long, happy, musical relationship with bassist Ray Brown. He co-leads...

In this article: Jeff Hamilton, John Pizzarelli, Brad Mehldau, and John Clayton

...Orchestra. Renowned trombonist Harry Betts - now retired after years in the studio performing with the likes of Ella Fitzgerald, Mel Torme and Frank Sinatra - will fly in from Los Angeles to conduct an arrangement he has written for the...

In this article: Harry Betts, UCLA, University of Oklahoma, Jazz, Ella Fitzgerald, and Frank Sinatra

...Peggy Lee, Carmen McRae, Anita O'Day, Itzhak Perlman, Oscar Peterson, Lou Rawls, Mickey Rooney, Diana Ross, The Animals (Eric Burden), Mel Torme, George Shearing, Dusty Springfield His prolific writing includes scores for hit TV series and...

In this article: Benny Golson, Barnes & Noble, Europe, United States, Benny Goodman, Dizzy Gillespie, and Lionel Hampton

...is truly one of a kind, and she proves it in this postmodern blues about how great it can feel to revel in depression. Vocalist Mel Torme and drummer Buddy Rich were lifelong friends, so it might seem odd that they only made one album...

In this article: Gene Kelly, Patricia Barber, Singin' in the Rain, Here's That Rainy Day, Singin' in the Rain, Phil Woods, The Oak Ridge Boys, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and Louis Armstrong

...Burton, Jay Anderson, Danny Gottlieb and William Kennedy, and shows with--among others--Gary Burton, Dave Grusin, Delfeayo Marsalis, Mel Torme, Tony Bennett, and Grover Washington, Jr. Recently, Sergio Salvatore has been writing music for a...

In this article: Carnegie Hall, Gary Burton, Boston University, Berklee College of Music, Chick Corea, Grover Washington, Jr., and Delfeayo Marsalis

...a groovy compendium of LP covers with an extraterrestrial theme. "From Another World" offered listeners "space-age pop," while Mel Torme was "Swingin' on the Moon." Both albums hailed from a time when space loomed large in the American...

In this article: Seattle, Peanut butter, Moonlight in Vermont, How High the Moon, Swingin' On the Moon, Rhino Records, and Science Fiction Museum

...or fourth career resurgence. Signed to Decca by Billie Holiday producer Milt Gabler in the mid-1950s and touted as the new Mel Torme, he ended up in Los Angeles a few years later, groomed by Capitol as a Tony Bennett-like crooner. Veteran...

In this article: Mark Murphy, Kitty Margolis, San Francisco, University of Graz, Orrin Keepnews, and Madeline Eastman

...hokey carols. His habit of exploring pop's roots resumes as In the Heart revisits yuletide styles popularized by Nat King Cole, Mel Torme, the Ray Conniff Singers and - follow the bouncing ball! -Mitch Miller. Dylan, who produced under his...

In this article: Bob Dylan, Ring Them Bells, Little Drummer Boy, Adeste Fideles, Here Comes Santa Claus, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, The Christmas Song, and Silver

...prepares to unveil a sluice of Christmas albums in the coming weeks, don't let Dec. 25 pass you by without hearing Dylan's take on Mel Torme's beloved "Christmas Song." As ever, chestnuts are roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost is nipping...

In this article: Bob Dylan, Here Comes Santa Claus, Christmas Song, Neil Diamond, Silver Bells, Winter Wonderland, and Paul McCartney