Name all four set songs
Too Darn Hot, Too Close for Comfort, On the Street Where You Live, Lonely Town
What musicals are the works from
Too Close For Comfort: Mr Wonderful
Too Darn Hot: Kiss Me, Kate
Lonely Town: On the Town
On The Street Where You Live: My Fair Lady
What was Tormé
sometimes called?
The Velvet Fog
What year was Swings Shubert Alley released?
1960
How long was Tormés career?
60 Years
Which Musician and orchestra worked on Swings Schubert Alley with Tormé?
Marty Paich’s Orchestra:
Sax - Art Pepper, Bill Perkins, Bill Hood
French Horn - Vincent DeRosa
Trumpets - Al Porcino, Stu Williamson
Trombone - Frank Rosolino
Tuba - Red Callender
Piano - Marty Paich
Bass - Joe Mondragon
Drums - Mel Lewis, Mel Tormé
Other recordings of Too Darn Hot
Ella Fitzgerald, Sara Gazarek, Erasure 1990, Lorenzo Fuller, Ann Miller
Other Recordings of Too Close For Comfort
Peggy Lee, Sammy Davis Jr, Stan Getz(instrumental), Jamie Cullum
Other Recordings of On The Street Where You Live
Bill Frisell, Bill Shirley, Andy Williams, Vic Damone
Other Recordings of Lonely Town
Frank Sinatra, John Reardon, Shirley Horn+Alan Broadbent
Contrasting features from Too Close for Comfort recordings
Peggy Lee:
Flute
different intro words and pronouns
syncopation at start of verse 1
very different feel - sinister?
adds in a section after 3rd verse
Stan