Though it's sometimes relegated to second or third place among Mel Tormé's best albums of the '50s (behind “Mel Tormé and the Marty Paich Dek-Tette” and “It's a Blue World”), it's difficult to hear how “Mel Tormé Sings Fred Astaire” can't be the best album of his entire career.

There's a mix of enthusiasm and sophisticated ease here that makes this one of Torme's finest recordings. He's aided by Marty Paich's lively, brassy arrangements and an excellent studio band with trumpeter Pete Condoli and saxophonists Herb Geller and Jack Montrose.

A collection of perfect hard-swinging pop with a few ballads thrown in for good measure makes "Mel Tormé Sings Fred Astaire" a masterpiece, one of the best up-tempo vocal albums ever recorded.


Mel Tormé (& The Marty Paich Dek-Tette)

Mel Tormé sings Fred Astaire

1956




CD / 2000 / 320Kbps


Tracklist:

1. Nice Work If You Can Get It

2. Something's Gotta Give

3. A Foggy Day

4. A Fine Romance

5. Let's Call The Whole Thing Off

6. Top Hat, White Tie And Tails

7. The Way You Look Tonight

8. The Piccolino

9. They Can't Take That Away From Me

10. Cheek To Cheek

11. Let's Face The Music And Dance

12. They All Laughed


Recorded in NYC, November 10–11, 1956


Mel Tormé / Mel Tormé sings Fred Astaire / 1956