Four Classic Albums (Mel Torme With The Marty Paich Dek-Tette / Mel Torme Swings Shubert Alley / Torme / I Dig The Duke, I Dig The Count)

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AVID Jazz continues with its Four Classic Album series with a re-mastered 2CD set release from Mel Torme, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details 'Mel Torme With The Marty Paich Dek-tette'; 'Mel Torme Swings Shubert Alley'; 'Torme' and 'I Dig The Duke, I Dig The Count' What a great voice this guy had! Don't let the square looks fool you, this fellow was cool. Mel had been a child prodigy and went on to write his first hit at the age of sixteen when his song 'Lament In Love' was recorded by Harry James. In the early 1940s he drummed for the Chico Marx band and later formed a vocal group, The Mel -Tones which would become an influence on later jazz vocal groups such as Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, The Four Freshmen and Manhattan Transfer. By 1947 he had begun his solo career as a jazz singer and in the mid 1950s began a highly successful collaboration with Marty Paich. We feature three of his classics on our fine set. Our final selection features Mel paying tribute to jazz greats Duke Ellington and Count Basie, how could he go wrong. Settle back and be astonished by the fabulous singing style of Mr Mel Torme. Oh and did you know he wrote over 250 songs and one of them was the famous Christmas hit 'The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)' which he always said was his annuity! Try our two Four Classic Marty Paich albums on AMSC1168 and AMSC1173.