Mel Torme & George Shearing - The Complete Concord Recordings [7CD Box Set] (2002)
Artist: Mel Torme & George Shearing
Title: The Complete Concord Recordings
Year Of Release: 2002
Label: Concord Records [CCD7-2144-2]
Genre: Jazz, Swing, Vocal Jazz, Traditional Pop
Quality: 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks +.cue,log,d.booklet)
Total Time: 5:50:15
Total Size: 819 mb / 1.56 gb
WebSite: Album Preview
Title: The Complete Concord Recordings
Year Of Release: 2002
Label: Concord Records [CCD7-2144-2]
Genre: Jazz, Swing, Vocal Jazz, Traditional Pop
Quality: 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks +.cue,log,d.booklet)
Total Time: 5:50:15
Total Size: 819 mb / 1.56 gb
WebSite: Album Preview
Beside Marty Paich, none of Mel Tormé's collaborators exerted such a large influence on the singer's career as George Shearing, the pianist whose understated, expressive accompaniment contributed to Tormé's resurgence during the early '80s. Their six excellent albums together -- two of which, An Evening With... and Top Drawer, earned Grammy awards -- proved that classic vocal music had outlasted the long night that was the '70s, and emerged to become a timeless American genre. The pair's work for Concord was usually recorded live in a trio or quartet setting; leaving much space for Shearing solos, Tormé occasionally reprised his big standards ("A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square," "Lullaby of Birdland," "The Folks Who Live on the Hill"), but often searched for more obscure material he could make his own, and often succeeded. Tormé and Shearing were restless innovators, taking on a full album of World War II standards, medleys devoted to songs about New York and by Duke Ellington, and a stunningly broad range of material: "Oleo," "Lili Marlene," "How Do You Say Auf Wiedersehen?," and "Dat Dere." The Complete Concord Recordings of Mel Tormé and George Shearing is a tight, bookbound box set, similar in style to Columbia's series of Miles Davis sets, compiling each of their six original albums onto a single CD with a seventh full of bonus tracks, many of them also live. Setting the brilliant music heard within, this set isn't much more than the sum of its parts, with only a short essay and a bare few additional photos (plus the bonus CD) tacked onto the package. If you like Mel Tormé enough to get this, you'll probably have at least a few of the albums included in this set, and little here justifies the hefty price tag.
TRACKLIST:
Disc 1: An Evening With George Shearing & Mel Torme (48:36)
1. All God's Chillun Got Rhythm (03:38)
2. Born to Be Blue (05:15)
3. Give Me the Simple Life (03:39)
4. Good Morning Heartache (06:11)
5. Manhattan Hoedown (04:46)
6. You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To (02:53)
7. A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (05:02)
8. Love (04:56)
9. It Might as Well Be Spring (04:43)
10. Lullaby of Birdland (07:33)
Disc 2: Top Drawer (39:23)
1. Shine on Your Shoes (03:11)
2. How Do You Say Auf Wiedersehen? (05:50)
3. Oleo (04:20)
4. Stardust (05:51)
5. Hi-Fly (03:28)
6. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (06:07)
7. What's This? (03:18)
8. Away in the Manger (03:57)
9. Here'e to My Lady (03:21)
Disc 3: An Evening at Charlie's (41:48)
1. Just One of Those Things / Green Dolphin Street (06:43)
2. Dream Dancing (03:11)
3. Dream Dancing (Again) (03:36)
4. I'm Hip (03:34)
5. Then I'll Be Tired of You (04:42)
6. Caught in the Middle of My Years / Welcome to the Club (06:02)
7. Nica's Dream (06:32)
8. Chase Me Charlie (04:05)
9. Love Is Just Around the Corner (03:23)
Disc 4: An Elegant Evening (43:41)
1. I'll Be Seeing You (03:30)
2. Moon Medley: Love and the Moon / Oh You Crazy Moon / No Moon at All (04:17)
3. After the Waltz Is Over (05:08)
4. This Time the Dream's on Me (03:24)
5. Last Night, When We Were Young (05:17)
6. You Changed My Life (02:31)
7. Dream Medley: I Had the Craziest Dream / Darn That Dream (04:21)
8. Brigg Fair (04:20)
9. My Foolish Heart (06:11)
10. You're Driving Me Crazy (04:42)
Disc 5: A Vintage Year (58:34)
1. Whisper Not / Love Me or Leave Me (04:18)
2. Out of This World (05:11)
3. Someday I'll Find You (02:52)
4. The Midnight Sun (05:37)
5. New York, New York (medley) (06:02)
6. Folks Who Live on the Hill (05:09)
7. Bittersweet (05:48)
8. Since I Fell for You (04:41)
9. The Way You Look Tonight (03:38)
10. Anyone Can Whistle / A Tune for Humming (05:53)
11. When Sunny Gets Blue (03:29)
12. Little Man You've Had a Busy Day (05:56)
Disc 6: Mel & George "Do" World War II (01:02:35)
1. Lili Marlene (06:19)
2. (It Seems to Me) I've Heard That Song Before (06:14)
3. I Know Why and So Do You (05:36)
4. Love (03:15)
5. Aren't You Glad You're You (03:39)
6. Ellington Medley (05:29)
7. Walk Medley (06:19)
8. I Could Write a Book (04:17)
9. (This Is) A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening (05:18)
10. On the Swing Shift / The Five O'Clock Whistle (03:30)
11. AC-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive (03:13)
12. This Is the Army Mister Jones (04:11)
13. We Mustn't Say Goodbye (05:15)
Disc 7: Concord Bonus Disc (55:39)
1. Let's Take a Walk Around the Block (02:19)
2. New York State of Mind (05:11)
3. Here's to My Lady (02:59)
4. Spoken Intro (00:11)
5. Shine on Your Shoes (03:03)
6. You're Driving Me Crazy (05:36)
7. What's This / Anthropology / Air Mail (04:48)
8. Dat Dere (02:58)
9. You're Driving Me Crazy / Moten Swing (05:54)
10. Where Is My Stool (00:39)
11. All God's Chillun Got Rhythm (02:53)
12. Pick Yourself Up (04:27)
13. Love Is Just Around the Corner (02:48)
14. Serenade in Blue (04:42)
15. Spoken Introduction (00:34)
16. Some Other Time (03:48)
17. Love Is Just Around the Corner (02:49)
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