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Velvet & Brass
Studio album by Mel Tormé
Released	1995
Recorded	May 5–6, 1995
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	55:07
Label	Concord
Producer	John Burk
Mel Tormé chronology
A Tribute to Bing Crosby (1994) Velvet & Brass (1995) An Evening with Mel Tormé (1996)

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AllMusic
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

Velvet & Brass is a 1995 album by Mel Tormé, with Rob McConnell's Boss Brass big band. This was Tormé's second recording with the band; his first was released in 1987. Velvet & Brass was Tormé's final studio album.

Track listing

1. "Nobody Else but Me" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 3:59
2. "Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Gus Kahn) – 3:33
3. "If You Could See Me Now" (Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman) – 4:50
4. "I Get a Kick Out of You" (Cole Porter) – 5:14
5. "Have You Met Miss Jones?" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 2:48
6. "Love Walked In" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 3:34
7. "Autumn Serenade" (Peter DeRose, Sammy Gallop) – 5:58
8. "My Sweetie Went Away" (Lou Handman, Roy Turk) – 3:28
9. "I'll Be Around" (Alec Wilder) – 4:23
10. "On the Swing Shift" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 3:18
11. "High and Low" (Desmond Carter, Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 3:11
12. "In the Still of the Night" (Cole Porter) – 5:02
13. "I'm Glad There Is You" (Jimmy Dorsey, Paul Madeira, Paul Mertz) – 4:36

Personnel

• Mel Tormé – vocals
• Rob McConnell's Boss Brass big band

References

1. Yanow, Scott. "Velvet & Brass Review". AllMusic. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1409. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
3. Velvet & Brass at AllMusic

• 1995 albums
• Concord Records albums
• Mel Tormé albums
• Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass albums