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1957 live album by Mel Tormé

Songs for Any Taste

Live album by Mel Tormé

Released

1957

Recorded

1957

Genre

Vocal jazz

Length

26:22

Label

Bethlehem

Mel Tormé chronology

Mel Tormé's California Suite
(1957)

Songs for Any Taste
(1957)

Tormé Meets the British
(1957)

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Songs for Any Taste is a 1957 live album by Mel Tormé, recorded at the Crescendo Club.

Interspersed with studio recordings, this is one of three albums that Tormé released with material from his appearances at the club.

Track listing

"Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert) – 1:32
"Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) – 2:31
"I Wish I Were in Love Again" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 2:18
"It's De-Lovely" (Cole Porter) – 2:42
"It's All Right with Me" (Porter) – 4:28
"Manhattan" (Hart, Rodgers) – 3:14
"Taking a Chance on Love" (Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John La Touche) – 2:28
"Home by the Sea" (Fetter, Lewing) – 1:24
"I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 3:24
"Nobody's Heart" (Hart, Rodgers) – 2:21

Personnel

Mel Tormé - vocals, drums
Don Fagerquist - trumpet
Howard McGhee
Larry Bunker - accordion, bongos, vibraphone
Max Bennett - double bass
Stan Levey - drums
Mel Lewis - drums
Ralph Sharon - piano
Marty Paich - arranger, conductor

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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