MARTIST · KNOWLEDGE GUIDE
Mel Tormé
- Country / region
- United States
- Recording years
- 1956–2003
- Recordings in scope
- 14
- Albums in scope
- 1
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Mel Tormé in Classical / Art Music
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ARTIST STORY
Meet 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.
BIOGRAPHICAL FACTS
Basic information
- Type
- Solo artist
- Country / region
- United States
- Birth date
- September 13, 1925
- Death date
- June 5, 1999
- Roles
- Actor, Singer, Composer, Songwriter, Recording artist, Musician
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Recordings in the current scope
01Bess, You Is My Woman Now1956 · Classical / Art MusicOpen in new tab 02Buzzard Song1956 · Classical / Art MusicOpen in new tab 03Evenin’ Ladies, Hello Boys…1956 · Classical / Art MusicOpen in new tab 04I Can’t Puzzle This Thing Out…1956 · Classical / Art MusicOpen in new tab 05I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’1956 · Classical / Art MusicOpen in new tab
DISCOGRAPHY
Albums in the current scope
GENRES
Genres
ARTIST GRAPH
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