A Vintage Year [Live]

Mel Torme, George Shearing, Mel Torme&george Shearing | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: August 1987
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Concord Records
• ASIN: B0000006GS
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #176,492 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Genre: Jazz Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 1-JAN-2002

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One More of The Long Series of Tormé-Shearing Collaboration, July 10, 2000

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Carlos from Rio "Carlos from Rio" (Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Vintage Year (Audio CD)

Another master CD on vocal performance and piano playing. One of the live dates by Tormé and Shearing for Concord Records. Please don't count on anyone serious to choose only one of these CDs. Buy all. This CD specially offers a sensational medley based on "New York, New York" where all songs are played backed by the same rhythm bars which opens "New York ...". Great, Intelligent, Creative.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best Live performances you'll experience!, January 5, 2005

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Fritzholn1 "CD addict" (Kansas City, MO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Vintage Year (Audio CD)

Many artists display their reliance on studio tricks and re-dubs when they venture out to a live performance, but not these two giants! An old jazz history professor turned me on to the Velvet Fog years ago and I can't believe I overlooked this album before now. A classic example of two geniuses playing off of each other and the crowd with wit, admiration and musicality. Want humor? Listen to all the song references they manage to intertwine into their New York, New York medley. Moonlight Serenade riffs to New York, New York? Are you kidding me? You have to add this CD to your collection!!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous!, December 13, 2003

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Robert J. Collarini "rcollarini" (Brighton, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Vintage Year (Audio CD)

Wow...what a find!

Torme's remarkable vioce and Shearing's elegant piano are a combination not to be trifled with. Torme's deceptively easy delivery can sometimes belie his skills, but in this effort they are perfectly mated with Shearing's understated work. The result is that rare unexplainable gem when the sum is infinitely greater than the parts.