Casting "the Mel spell" over unsuspecting tag-along audience members. ................>SEE MEL TORME JAM WITH BUDDY RICH ON THEIR TRIBUTE TO ELLA FITZGERALD, "LADY BE GOOD" ...
Music
George Shearing, Gerry Mulligan, Bob Wells, Jimmy Wisner Trio (Ace Tesone, Dave Levin), Ken Peplowski, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Woody Herman, Marty Paich Dek-tette, Shorty Rogers, Lionel Hampton, Chico Marx, Ella Fitzgerald, Buddy Rich, Benny Barth Trio (Gary Long, Perry Lind) The Coon Sanders Nighthawks Orchestra, Harry James, Jennifer Jane Leitham, John Colianni, Donny Osborne Jr., Brian Torff, John Campbell, Don Fagerquist, Max Bennett, Mel Lewis, Alvin Stoller, Herb Geller, John Hendricks, The Judy Garland Show, Jack Jones, Tommy Dorsey, Bing Crosby, Herbie Mann, Charlie Barnett Orchestra, Jimmie Lunsford, Anita O'day, Joe Williams, Frank Sinatra, Bobby Darin, Bob Dorough, Fred Astaire, Carmen McRae, Billie Holiday, Nat King Cole, Jerome Kern, Rodgers & Hart, Irving Berlin, Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer, Cole Porter, the Gershwins, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Sammy Cahn, James Torme, Steve March Torme.....
Movies
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Mel's Movies (his side career): 1999 Harold Arlen: Somewhere Over the Rainbow
1998 Monterey Jazz Festival: Forty Legendary Years
1995 Seinfeld: The Jimmy
1992 Night Court: Opportunity Knock Knocks, Part 1
1992 The Return of Spinal Tap
1992 Night Court: Shave and a Haircut
1991 Night Court: Santa on the Lam
1991 Night Court: Hey, Harry, F'Crying Out Loud--It's a Wonderful Life...Sorta
1991 The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear
1990 Colt Firearms Legends
1990 Night Court: Melvin and Harold
1989 Night Court: Strange Bedfellows
1989 Mel Tormé: Standing Room Only
1988 Night Court: I'm OK, You're Catatonic/Schizophrenic
1988 The Snader Telescriptions: The Vocalists
1988 Daffy Duck: Quackbusters
1987 Night Court: Christine's Friend
1986 Night Court: Leon, We Hardly Knew Ye
1985 Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
1983 The Mel Torme Special
1983 Mel Torme
1983 Hotel
1982 Pray TV
1981 The Land of No Return
1981 Mel Torme and Della Reese in Concert
1975 Snowman
1971 One Night Stand: Lionel Hampton and an All-Star Jazz Ensemble
1969 Pineapple Rose
1967 The Lucy Show: Lucy Puts Main Street on the Map
1967 The Lucy Show: Main Street U.S.A.
1966 A Man Called Adam
1964 The Patsy
1964 Jazz Casual: Mel Torme
1963 The Judy Garland Show, Episode 15: The Christmas Special
1961 The Private Lives of Adam and Eve
1960 Walk Like a Dragon
1959 The Big Operator
1959 Girls' Town
1958 The Fearmakers
1957 Playhouse 90: The Comedian
1954 The Jo Stafford Show [TV Series]
1950 The Duchess of Idaho
1948 So Dear to My Heart
1948 Words and Music
1947 Good News
1946 Janie Gets Married
1945 Let's Go Steady
1945 Junior Miss
1944 Ghost Catchers
1944 Higher and Higher
1944 Pardon My Rhythm
Meet the Singers, Vol. 2
Swing Era: George Shearing
Buddy Rich: Jazz Legend, Volume 2 - 1970-1987
Buddy Rich: Jazz Legend, Volume 1 - 1917-1970
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MEL SINGS "PRETTY LITTLE BLUESETTE" WITH THE BUDDY RICH BAND ON THE MERV GRIFFIN SHOW; GREAT MELODY AND SCAT!...
Television
Night Court...what else? Oh, and The Judy Garland Show. Mel Torme sang "Lady Be Good" with Ella Fitzgerald at the Grammy Awards in 1976, and if anyone can get a copy and post it on YouTube you will be called blessed by your children and your children's children. (We Will settle for the same pairing which performed together on The Gary Moore Show in 1960.)
powered by frazy.com.............. MEL TORME, NAT KING COLE, AND JUNE CHRISTY SING "HOW HIGH THE MOON" ....
Books
Mel wrote books, and he was a VERY good writer:
The Other Side of the Rainbow by Mel Torme.
Traps, the Drum Wonder: The Life of Buddy Rich by Mel Torme.
It Wasn't All Velvet: An Autobiography by Mel Torme.
Drummin' Men: The Heartbeat of Jazz by Mel Torme et al.
My Singing Teachers by Mel Torme.
Wynner by Mel Torme.
Resource book: Mel Torme: A Chronicle of His Recordings, Books, and Films" by George Hulme.
powered by frazy.comMEL TORME SINGS "SWEET GEORGIA BROWN" AND "JUST IN TIME" with Marty Paich conducting his own arrangements!
VERY EARLY MEL TORME VIDEO SINGING "APRIL SHOWERS"; DATE IS 23rd & 24th August 1950, Los AngelesTHIS MAY BE THE OLDEST MUSICAL FILM OF MEL THAT I'VE SEEN: "THE BABY BOOGIE" IS FROM 1943 OR 1944: THAT PUTS MEL AT AGE 18 OR 19.
Heroes
ELLA FITZGERALD AND JOE PASS SING ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM'S "MEDITATION". Mel was the one that named Ella "the high priestess of song."
Mel Torme Fans's Details
Status:
Married
Here for:
Networking
Orientation:
Straight
Hometown:
Chicago (south side), Illinois
Zodiac Sign:
Virgo
Children:
Proud parent
Education:
High school
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About me: This is a tribute myspace (started and maintained by fans) for Mel Torme (1925-1999) the incredibly talented singer, pianist, drummer, ukuleleist, composer, arranger, author, and actor. He was born on September 13, 1925, began performing at age 4, and was inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1990. Although often tagged as a crooner of the 40s (the "Velvet Fog"), Mel was actually a full-fledged jazz singer who blossomed in the 1950s with the help of the Marty Paich Dek-tette at Bethlehem Records, then with a variety of arrangers, bands, and record labels, finishing his career with total artistic freedom at the Concord Jazz label. Mel Torme and lyricist Bob Wells wrote "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" which is considered the most popular holiday song of all time. He could also write epic material, as is evidenced by his 1949 California Suite, the first long player LP in Capitol Records history. (A second version of California Suite was recorded in March of 1957 with Marty Paich arrangements at Bethlehem Records.) Resource book for Mel Torme fans: "Mel Torme: A Chronicle of His Recordings, Books, and Films" by George Hulme.
>FLASH NEWS ALERT!! MEL AND MARTY'S LEGENDARY SESSIONS for LULUS BACK IN TOWN and MEL TORME SINGS FRED ASTAIRE ARE BACK IN PRINT ON ONE ALBUM!!! Talk about a good omen for 2007!! A PICTURE FROM THE MUST-HAVE NEW ALBUM "THE 1956 TORME-PAICH LEGENDARY SESSIONS" BY MEL TORME AND THE MARTY PAICH DEK-TETTE. THE BOOKLET FROM THIS RELEASE IS THE FINEST PRESENTATION OF MEL AND MARTY'S WORK TO DATE AND NO FAN SHOULD BE WITHOUT IT !!!! Mel Torme (on drums) performing "Cotton Tail" with Marty Paiche, Ken Peplowski, and Warren Leuning... I edited my profile with The Power of Swing!! ...
Who I'd like to meet: Mel Torme fans all over the world.
This picture: Marty Paich, Red Clyde, and Mel Torme during his years with Bethlehem Records. MEL SINGS "WHEN THE SUN COMES OUT" AND "THE CARIOCA" WITH MARTY PAICH ARRANGEMENTS!!............ ... Mel sings "On The Street Where You Live" with Marty Paich arrangments; AMAZING!!..... AN ENTIRE 1 HOUR 1982 CONCERT WITH MEL TORME!
Hi Mel, your voice is gorgeous. I am a big fan. What do you think of this quote from Marx? It could have been writtern yesterday, couldn't it?.
"The credit system... is one enormous centralisation and gives this class of parasites [financiers, banks, etc] a fabulous power not only to decimate the industrial capitalists periodically but also to interfere in actual production in the most dangerous manner - and this crew know nothing of production and have nothing at all to do with it." [Capital, Volume 3. ]
I uploaded my version of "I'll Be Seeing You" today... I've always resorted to Mel more than Frank on this particular Song... Mel's version was supreme! Stop by and have a listen :) Thanks!
I'll forever cherish the times I saw Mel at Michaels' Pub in NYC and will always remember and be influenced by his great talent...we recorded CARIOCA on my upcoming CD - wish he could have heard it! :-) Warmly, Stevie Holland
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