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"Divaville Lounge" with Sarah O (archive)

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Sunday, September 13, 2015 | 14:00 to 16:00 | jazz/pop vocalists

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Artist	Song	Album	Label	Comments
Mel Torme o/ Sonny Burke	Comin' Home Baby	Mel Torme Collection	Rhino	happy birthday Mel Torme! today's show - 2 hour tribute

Mel Torme o/ Chico Marx	Abraham	The Best of Mel Torme		Torme's very first recording! He was 17 years old, his first real singing gig was with Chico Marx' orchestra. Due to the recording strike this 1942 radio broadcast is the only surviving recording of Torme from this era. THe announcer at the beginning gets his name wrong, calls him "Mel Tornay"
Mel Torme o/ Sonny Burke	Born to Be Blue	Mel Torme Collection	Rhino	rec. 1944 written by Mel Torme & Bob Wells
Mel Torme & the Mel-Tones o/ Artie Shaw	What Is This Thing Called Love	Jazz and Velvet	Proper UK	rec. 1946 Torme idolized Shaw & loved working with him. Torme wrote the arrangements for the Mel-Tones & said he emulated Jimmie Lunceford's sax section in the Mel-Tones' arrangements
Mel Torme o/ Artie Shaw	Get Out of Town	Jazz and Velvet	Proper UK	rec. 1946 Shaw was so happy with Torme's work he hired him to do additional tracks as a solo vocalist
Mel Torme & the Mel-Tones	How High the Moon	The Mel Torme Collection	Rhino	rec. 1948 radio broadcast Mel scats a riff of Charlie Parker at the end of the song

Artie Shaw	I'm Coming Virginia	King of the Clarinet		inst.
Mel Torme	Love Me or Leave	Jazz and Velvet	Proper UK	rec. 1947 Torme moved to the Musicraft label and developed a strong jazz sound in this era
Mel Torme	Three Little Words	The Mel Torme Collection	Rhino	rec. 1947
Mel Torme	Night and Day	The Mel Torme Collection	Rhio	rec. 1948
Mel Torme	Careless Hands	Spotlight on Mel Torme: Great Gentlemen of Song	Capitol	rec. 1949 Torme moved to Capitol and with this song had his first big hit
Mel Torme	Blue Moon	20th Century Masters	Capitol	rec. 1949 this song was the cause of huge conflict between Torme and composer Richard Rodgers on the set of the film WORDS AND MUSIC. Rodgers got the song recorded his way for the film; the next year Torme did it his way. That's the recording we're hearing now & that's the performance that has endured

Oscar Peterson Trio	They Can't Take That Away from Me	Oscar Peterson Plays Pretty	Verve	inst.
Mel Torme	Mountain Greenery	Mel Torme in Hollywood	Verve	rec 1955 live at the Crescendo in Hollywood
Mel Torme	My Shining Hour	Mel Torme in Hollywood	Verve	rec 1955 live at the Crescendo in Hollywood
Mel Torme	That Old Black Magic	Mel Torme Collection	Rhino	rec 1955 live at the Crescendo in Hollywood, note late in the piece Torme weaves other tunes into the melody while he continues singing the primary song. THis was a favorite arranging technique of Torme's especially using "Adios" in other songs
Mel Torme w/ Jimmy Wisner Trio	It's Delovely	Mel Torme at the Red Hill	Rhino	rec 1962
Mel Torme	I'm Beginning to See the Light	Mel Torme at the Crescendo	Bethlehem	rec 1957 live at the Crescendo in Hollywood, this is the first track we hear today w/ Marty Paich who led the orchestra in some of Torme's best work
Mel Torme and Ella Fitzgerald	Song Medley	The Garry Moore Show		rec. 1961 for television. Torme loved Fitzgerald and always wanted to record with her, but even though they were both on Verve for years it never happened. Torme blamed Norman Granz with whom he had a bad relationship

George Shearing	Pick Yourself Up	The Complete Jerome Kern Songbook		inst.
Mel Torme o/ Marty Paich Dek-tette	Lullaby of Birdland	Mel Torme and the Marty Paich Dek-tette	Bethlehem	rec. 1957 composer George Shearing, with whom Torme toured for many years late in their careers. Some of Torme's best work was recorded with Paich. The "Dek-tette" was modeled after Gerry Mulligan's Mulligan Tentet
Mel Torme o/ Marty Paich Dek-tette	Nice Work if You Can Get It	Mel Torme Sings Fred Astaire	Bethlehem	rec. 1957 Torme recorded many songs Astaire had popularized
Mel Torme o/ Marty Paich Dek-tette	I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart	Prelude to a Kiss	Bethlehem	rec. 1957 Torme admired Ellington, he said later than in the 40s he would go see Ellington perform and Ellington would invite Torme up on stage, call him "my first chair percussionist" and let him play with the band during "Rockin' in Rhythm"
Mel Torme o/ Marty Paich Dek-tette	Too Close for Comfort	Mel Torme Swings Schubert Alley	Verve	rec. 1960 sadly the Bethlehem label folded after Torme and Paich had only made a few albums with them
Mel Torme, vocal & solo piano	These Foolish Things	The Mel Torme Collection	Rhino	rec 1957 in London
Mel Torme o/ Billy May	At the Crossroads (Malaguena)	Ole Torme	UMVD	rec 1959, Torme and May did a Latin album together
Mel Torme o Russell Garcia	Swingin' on the Moon	Swingin' on the Moon	Verve	rec 1960, written by Mel Torme, this was the title song from a concept album of moon songs

BIlly May Orchestra	Lean Baby	Capitol Records from the Vaults v. 3	Capitol	inst.
Mel Torme & the Mel-Tones	A Stranger in Town	The Mel Torme Collection	Rhino	rec. 1944, written by Mel Torme & Robert Wells
Peggy Lee & Mel Torme	Bless You (For the Good that's In You)	Peggy Lee The Singles Collection	Capitol	written by Mel Torme
Mel Torme	County Fair	Mel Torme in Hollywood	Verve	rec 1955 live at the Crescendo in Hollywood, written by Mel Torme & Robert Wells
Mel Torme	The Christmas Song	Compact Jazz		Torme's most famous composition, he and Wells wrote the song in 40 minutes sitting on the patio of a California hotel in high summer
Mel Torme	A Day in the Life of Bonnie and Clyde	The Mel Torme Collection	Rhino	rec 1968 this was probably the most successful (musically speaking) part of Torme's attempt to incorporate modern styles into his sound. He was briefly with Columbia and Capitol, both of which forced him to make terrible covers of songs like "Sunshine Superman" and "Games People Play." He said later he felt like they were trying to destroy him, and he considered leaving the music business entirely and becoming a private airplane pilot instead

George Shearing	September in the Rain	Unforgettable Instrumental Hits		inst.
Mel Torme	Theme from "Arthur"	Mel Torme Collection	Rhino	rec. 1958 in NYC
Mel Torme	SUnday in New York	Bachelor in Paradise	Rhino
Mel Torme w/ George Shearing	New York, New York	Instant Party	Concord	rec 1978
Mel Torme o/ Hal Mooney	Gone with the Wind	Mel Torme Collection	Rhino	rec. 1948 another example of layering the song "Adios" under another melody