Mel Tormé Sings Fred Astaire

Mel Tormé Sings Fred Astaire is a 1956 album by Mel Tormé, recorded in tribute to Fred Astaire. This was Tormé's second recording with Marty Paich and his Dek-Tette.

Track listing

"Nice Work If You Can Get It" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:12
"Something's Gotta Give" (Johnny Mercer) – 4:00
"A Foggy Day" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 2:47
"A Fine Romance" (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) – 3:04
"Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 3:29
"Top Hat, White Tie and Tails" (Berlin) – 3:11
"The Way You Look Tonight" (Fields, Kern) – 2:25
"The Piccolino" (Berlin) – 2:38
"They Can't Take That Away from Me" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 3:04
"Cheek to Cheek" (Berlin) – 3:01
"Let's Face the Music and Dance" (Berlin) – 2:22
"They All Laughed" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 2:30

Personnel

Mel Tormé - vocals
Marty Paich - arranger, conductor
Herb Geller - alto
Jack Montrose - tenor
Jack DuLong - baritone
Pete Candoli - trumpet
Don Fagerquist - trumpet
Bob Enevoldsen - valve trombone and tenor
Vince DeRosa - French horn
Albert Pollan - tuba
Max Bennett - bass
Alvin Stoller - drums

References

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	It's a Blue World (1955) Mel Tormé and the Marty Paich Dek-Tette (1956) Mel Tormé Sings Fred Astaire (1956) Mel Tormé's California Suite (1957) Prelude to a Kiss (1957) Tormé Meets the British (1957) Tormé (1958) Back in Town (1959) ¡Olé Tormé!: Mel Tormé Goes South of the Border with Billy May (1959) Broadway, Right Now! (1961) Mel Tormé Swings Shubert Alley (1960) I Dig the Duke! I Dig the Count! (1960–61) Swingin' on the Moon (and Margaret Whiting, 1960–61) My Kind of Music (1961) Mel Tormé Sings Sunday in New York & Other Songs About New York (1963) That's All (1964–66) Right Now! (1966) A Day in the Life of Bonnie and Clyde (1968) Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head (1969) Tormé: A New Album (1977) Together Again: For the First Time/When I Found You (and Buddy Rich, 1978) Top Drawer (and George Shearing, 1983) Mel Tormé, Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass (1986) Mel Tormé and the Marty Paich Dektette – Reunion (1988) Nothing Without You (and Cleo Laine, 1991) Christmas Songs (1992) A Tribute to Bing Crosby (1994) Velvet & Brass ( and Rob McConnell, 1995)
Live albums	Mel Tormé at the Crescendo (1955) Mel Tormé at the Crescendo (1957) Songs for Any Taste (1957) Mel Tormé at the Red Hill (1962) Mel Tormé live at the Maisonette (1975) An Evening with George Shearing & Mel Tormé (1982) The Classic Concert Live (and Gerry Mulligan, George Shearing, 1982) An Evening at Charlie's (and George Shearing, 1983) A Vintage Year (and George Shearing, 1987) Mel Tormé and the Marty Paich Dektette – In Concert Tokyo (1988) Mel and George "Do" World War II (1990) Mel Tormé Live at the Fujitsu–Concord Festival 1990 (1990) Night at the Concord Pavilion (1990) Sing Sing Sing (1992) Mel Tormé Live at the Playboy Jazz Festival (1993) The Great American Songbook: Live at Michael's Pub (1992) An Evening with Mel Tormé (1996) Ralph Gleason's Jazz Casual (2001)
Selected singles	"Comin' Home Baby" (1962)

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