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Top Drawer
Studio album by Mel Tormé
Released	1983
Recorded	May 1983
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	38:41
Label	Concord
Producer	Carl Jefferson
Mel Tormé chronology
The Classic Concert Live (1982) Top Drawer (1983) An Evening at Charlie's (1983)

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Source	Rating
Allmusic
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

Top Drawer is a 1983 album by Mel Tormé, accompanied by George Shearing.

At the 26th Grammy Awards, Tormé's performance on this album won him the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male.

Track listing

1. "A Shine on Your Shoes" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 3:06
2. "How Do You Say Auf Wiedersehen?" (Johnny Mercer, Tony Scibetta) – 5:45
3. "Oleo" (Sonny Rollins) – 4:15
4. "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) – 5:45
5. "Hi Fly" (Randy Weston) – 3:24
6. "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) 6:02
7. "What's This?" (Dave Lambert) – 3:13
8. "Away in a Manger" (Traditional) – 3:51
9. "Here's to My Lady" (Rube Bloom, Mercer) – 3:20

Personnel

• Mel Tormé - vocals
• George Shearing - piano
• Don Thompson - double bass

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1409. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
3. Top Drawer at AllMusic

• 1982 albums
• Concord Records albums
• Mel Tormé albums
• George Shearing albums
• Albums produced by Carl Jefferson
• Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male