A Vintage Year

~ Release by Mel Tormé & George Shearing (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Whisper Not / Love Me or Leave Me
double bass:
John Leitham (in 1987-08)
drums (drum set):
Donny Osborne (jazz drummer) (in 1987-08)
piano:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist) (in 1987-08)
vocals:
Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) (in 1987-08)
live medley including a recording of:
Love Me or Leave Me (in 1987-08)
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Walter Donaldson
publisher:
EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Keith Prowse Music Publishing Co. Ltd., Keith Prowse Music Publishing Ltd., WB Music Corp. (1929–2019), Donaldson Publishing Co. (in 1928, in 1955) and Gilbert Keyes Music Company (in 1928, in 1955)
live medley including a recording of:
Whisper Not (in 1987-08)
lyricist:
Leonard Feather
composer:
Benny Golson
4:17
2Out of This World
double bass:
John Leitham (in 1987-08)
drums (drum set):
Donny Osborne (jazz drummer) (in 1987-08)
piano:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist) (in 1987-08)
vocals:
Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) (in 1987-08)
live recording of:
Out of This World (in 1987-08)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1945)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1945)
publisher:
Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.)
5:11
3Someday I'll Find You
double bass:
John Leitham (in 1987-08)
drums (drum set):
Donny Osborne (jazz drummer) (in 1987-08)
piano:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist) (in 1987-08)
vocals:
Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) (in 1987-08)
live recording of:
Someday I’ll Find You (in 1987-08)
lyricist and composer:
Noël Coward
2:53
4The Midnight Sun
double bass:
John Leitham (in 1987-08)
drums (drum set):
Donny Osborne (jazz drummer) (in 1987-08)
piano:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist) (in 1987-08)
vocals:
Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) (in 1987-08)
live recording of:
Midnight Sun (in 1987-08)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1954)
composer:
Johnny Mercer, Sonny Burke (producer, songwriter and Big Band leader) (in 1947) and Lionel Hampton (in 1947)
5:36
5New York, New York Medley: For Me and My Gal / Mack the Knife / Birth of the Blues / Send a Little Love My Way / How High the Moon / New York, New York
double bass:
John Leitham (in 1987-08)
drums (drum set):
Donny Osborne (jazz drummer) (in 1987-08)
piano:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist) (in 1987-08)
vocals:
Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) (in 1987-08)
live medley including a recording of:
Birth of the Blues (in 1987-08)
lyricist:
Lew Brown and Buddy DeSylva
composer:
Ray Henderson
live medley including a recording of:
For Me and My Gal (in 1987-08)
lyricist:
E. Ray Goetz (in 1917) and Edgar Leslie (in 1917)
composer:
George W. Meyer (Tin Pan Alley songwriter) (in 1917)
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946), EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated) and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label), コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
part of:
For Me and My Gal (1942 movie)
live medley including a recording of:
How High the Moon (in 1987-08)
lyricist:
Nancy Hamilton (in 1940)
composer:
Morgan Lewis (in 1940)
publisher:
Chappell (company that specialized in library and production music), Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
live medley including a recording of:
Mack the Knife (1954 Blitzstein translation) (in 1987-08)
lyricist:
Bertolt Brecht
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
translator:
Marc Blitzstein (in 1954)
publisher:
Universal Edition (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
translated version of:
Die Dreigroschenoper: Vorspiel. Die Moritat von Mackie Messer
live medley including a recording of:
Send a Little Love My Way (in 1987-08)
lyricist:
Hal David
composer:
Henry Mancini (US composer, conductor & arranger)
live medley including a recording of:
Theme From “New York, New York” (in 1987-08)
dedicated to:
New York, New York, United States
lyricist:
Fred Ebb
composer:
John Kander
publisher:
シンコーミュージック・パブリッシャーズ (ended), EMI Music Publishing (S.E. Asia) Ltd., Taiwan, EMI Unart Catalog Inc., EMI United Partnership Ltd., Unart Music Corporation, United Artists, フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label)
part of:
New York, New York (soundtrack of the 1977 film)
6:02
6Folks Who Live on the Hill
double bass:
John Leitham (in 1987-08)
drums (drum set):
Donny Osborne (jazz drummer) (in 1987-08)
piano:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist) (in 1987-08)
vocals:
Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) (in 1987-08)
live recording of:
The Folks Who Live on the Hill (in 1987-08)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
High, Wide and Handsome (1937 film)
5:09
7Bittersweet
double bass:
John Leitham (in 1987-08)
drums (drum set):
Donny Osborne (jazz drummer) (in 1987-08)
piano:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist) (in 1987-08)
vocals:
Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) (in 1987-08)
live recording of:
Bittersweet (in 1987-08)
composer:
Sam Jones (US jazz bassist)
5:47
8Since I Fell for You
double bass:
John Leitham (in 1987-08)
drums (drum set):
Donny Osborne (jazz drummer) (in 1987-08)
piano:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist) (in 1987-08)
vocals:
Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) (in 1987-08)
live recording of:
Since I Fell for You (in 1987-08)
lyricist and composer:
Buddy Johnson (in 1945)
publisher:
Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label) (ended), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (ended) and Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
4:41
9The Way You Look Tonight
double bass:
John Leitham (in 1987-08)
drums (drum set):
Donny Osborne (jazz drummer) (in 1987-08)
piano:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist) (in 1987-08)
vocals:
Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) (in 1987-08)
live recording of:
The Way You Look Tonight (from “Swing Time”) (in 1987-08)
publisher:
Jerome Kern (on 1936-07-24)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist) (in 1936)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1936)
publisher:
Aldi Music Company, Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Polygram Music, PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd., The Songwriters Guild and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998) (in 1936)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
part of:
The 9th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 9)
part of:
Swing Time (film)
3:38
10Anyone Can Whistle; A Tune for Humming
double bass:
John Leitham (in 1987-08)
drums (drum set):
Donny Osborne (jazz drummer) (in 1987-08)
piano:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist) (in 1987-08)
vocals:
Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) (in 1987-08)
live medley including a recording of:
Anyone Can Whistle: Anyone Can Whistle (in 1987-08)
lyricist and composer:
Stephen Sondheim
part of:
Anyone Can Whistle (full musical)
5:53
11When Sunny Gets Blue
double bass:
John Leitham (in 1987-08)
drums (drum set):
Donny Osborne (jazz drummer) (in 1987-08)
piano:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist) (in 1987-08)
vocals:
Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) (in 1987-08)
recording of:
When Sunny Gets Blue (in 1987-08)
lyricist:
Jack Segal (US songwriter)
composer:
Marvin Fisher
publisher:
Sony/ATV Tunes LLC
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
3:29
12Little Man You’ve Had a Busy Day
double bass:
John Leitham (in 1987-08)
drums (drum set):
Donny Osborne (jazz drummer) (in 1987-08)
piano:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist) (in 1987-08)
vocals:
Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) (in 1987-08)
live recording of:
Little Man, You've Had a Busy Day (in 1987-08)
writer:
Al Hoffman, Maurice Sigler and Mabel Wayne
publisher:
Al Hoffman Songs Inc. and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
5:56

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