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Mel Torme

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Released: Oct 1996
Label: Verve Records
Like most jazz/pop performers of his generation, Mel Torme was forever in debt to the amazing big bands of Duke Ellington and Count Basie. Here, Torme pays tribute to both with help from gifted arranger Johnny Mandel (who made his bones writing for Basie). Torme is flexible and swinging, and Mandel's modernistic charts bring out new elements in Ellington staples (tracks 1-6) and Basie selections (cuts 7-12). Torme's versions of "Blue & Sentimental" and "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" are definitive. This was originally issued with the hipper title I Dig the Duke, I Dig the Count.
- Nick Dedina
Mel Torme - Duke Ellington & Count Basie Songbook 2005-11-22
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    I'm Gonna Go Fishin'
    I'm Gonna Go Fishin'
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    2:32
    Don't Get Around Much Anymore
    Don't Get Around Much Anymore
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    3:17
    I Like The Sunrise
    I Like The Sunrise
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    2:54
    Take The "A" Train
    Take The "A" Train
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    3:21
    Reminiscin' In Tempo
    Reminiscin' In Tempo
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    2:20
    Just A Sittin' And A Rockin'
    Just A Sittin' And A Rockin'
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    2:33
    Down For Double
    Down For Double
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    3:33
    I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town
    I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town
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    3:56
    Blue And Sentimental
    Blue And Sentimental
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    3:32
    Oh What A Night For Love
    Oh What A Night For Love
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    2:52
    Sent For You Yesterday
    Sent For You Yesterday
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    3:22
    In The Evening (When The Sun Goes Down)
    In The Evening (When The Sun Goes Down)
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