Mel Tormé

Mel Tormé is a solo artist associated with United States whose catalog here spans 1956–2003. The artist is connected with Jazz and Swing, so genre, period and individual recordings offer useful ways into the work.

Listen for how Jazz and Swing shape rhythm, voice and arrangement. A starting path includes “Bess, You Is My Woman Now”, “Buzzard Song”, “Evenin’ Ladies, Hello Boys…”, “I Can’t Puzzle This Thing Out…”. Then move to “George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess” and “The Best of Mel Tormé” to hear how recordings are organized in a release context.