Complete Concord Recordings, The

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THE COMPLETE CONCORD RECORDINGS contains AN EVENING WITH GEORGE SHEARING AND MEL TORME (1982)/TOP DRAWER (1983)/AN EVENING AT CHARLIE'S (1984)/AN ELEGANT EVENING (1986)/A VINTAGE YEAR (1988)/MEL AND GEORGE "DO" WORLD WAR II (1990) as well as a bonus disc of unreleased recordings. Personnel: Mel Torme (vocals); Mel Torme; George Shearing (vocals, piano); Don Thompson , John Leitham, Neil Swainson, Brian Torff (double bass); Donny Osborne (drums). Audio Remixer: Phil Edwards . Liner Note Authors: Leonard Matlin; Chris Albertson; Leonard Maltin; Felix Grant; Leonard Feather; Philip Elwood; Don Heckman; Grover Sales. Recording information: Charlie's Georgetown, Washington D.C (04/15/1982-09/03/1990); Coast Recorders, San Francisco, CA (04/15/1982-09/03/1990); Paul Masson Mountain Winery, Saratoga Springs, CA (04/15/1982-09/03/1990); The Peacock Court, Hotel Mark Hopkins, San Francisco, C (04/15/1982-09/03/1990). Photographers: Bruce Burr; Marc Perlman. Arranger: George Shearing. Beside Marty Paich, none of Mel Torme's collaborators exerted such a large influence on the singer's career as George Shearing, the pianist whose understated, expressive accompaniment contributed to Torme's resurgence during the early '80s. Their six excellent albums together -- two of which, An Evening With... and Top Drawer, earned Grammy awards -- proved that classic vocal music had outlasted the long night that was the '70s, and emerged to become a timeless American genre. The pair's work for Concord was usually recorded live in a trio or quartet setting; leaving much space for Shearing solos, Torme occasionally reprised his big standards ("A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square," "Lullaby of Birdland," "The Folks Who Live on the Hill"), but often searched for more obscure material he could make his own, and often succeeded. Torme and Shearing were restless innovators, taking on a full album of World War II standards, medleys devoted to songs about New York and by Duke Ellington, and a stunningly broad range of material: "Oleo," "Lili Marlene," "How Do You Say Auf Wiedersehen?," and "Dat Dere." The Complete Concord Recordings of Mel Torme and George Shearing is a tight, bookbound box set, similar in style to Columbia's series of Miles Davis sets, compiling each of their six original albums onto a single CD with a seventh full of bonus tracks, many of them also live. Setting the brilliant music heard within, this set isn't much more than the sum of its parts, with only a short essay and a bare few additional photos (plus the bonus CD) tacked onto the package. If you like Mel Torme enough to get this, you'll probably have at least a few of the albums included in this set, and little here justifies the hefty price tag. ~ John Bush
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