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Mel Tormé at the Crescendo
Live album by Mel Tormé
Released	1957
Recorded	February 22, 1957
Venue	The Crescendo, Hollywood, CA
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	38:23
Label	Bethlehem
Mel Tormé chronology
Mel Tormé Sings Fred Astaire (1956) Mel Tormé at the Crescendo (1957) Mel Tormé's California Suite (1957)

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Gene Norman Presents Mel Tormé at the Crescendo is a 1957 live album by Mel Tormé, recorded at The Crescendo nightclub in Los Angeles.

Track listing

1. "It's Only a Paper Moon" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Billy Rose) – 3:22
2. "What Is This Thing Called Love?" (Cole Porter) – 3:55
3. "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" (Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 4:47
4. "Love Is Just a Bug" (Specs Powell) – 2:32
5. "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (Eric Maschwitz, Manning Sherwin) – 2:53
6. "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Mercer, Jacques Prévert) – 1:32
7. "Just One of Those Things" (Porter) – 2:29
8. "The Girl Next Door" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) – 2:58
9. "Lover, Come Back to Me" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) – 2:43
10. "Looking at You" (Porter) – 2:50
11. "(Love Is) The Tender Trap" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:26
12. "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James) – 2:23

Personnel

• Mel Tormé - vocals
• Marty Paich - piano, arranger
• Larry Bunker - vibraphone
• Don Fagerquist - trumpet
• Max Bennett - double bass
• Mel Lewis - drums

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Mel Tormé at the Crescendo at AllMusic

• Mel Tormé live albums
• Albums arranged by Marty Paich
• 1957 live albums
• Bethlehem Records live albums