Mel Tormé


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Born: September 13, 1925 in Chicago, IL
Years Active: 40 's, 50 's, 60 's, 70 's, 80 's, 90 's
Died: June 05, 1999 in Los Angeles, CA
Genre: Vocal

Biography:
Mel Tormé was a jazz-oriented pop singer who worked at his craft steadily from the 1940s to the 1990s, primarily in nightclubs and concert halls. In his 1988 autobiography, It Wasn't All Velvet (its title a reference to his nickname, "The Velvet Fog, ...More >>

Discography:
2006Mel Tormé and the Marty Paich Dek-Tette [Blue Note Japan]
2002Live at the Playboy Jazz Festival
1998In New York
1996Evening with Mel Tormé
1995Velvet & Brass
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Filmograpy:
2005Judy Garland: Judy Duets
1999Harold Arlen: Somewhere Over the Rainbow
1998Monterey Jazz Festival: Forty Legendary Years
1995Seinfeld: The Jimmy
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Photo Gallery:
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Similar Artists:
Arthur Prysock
Bill Henderson
Betty Roche
Billy Eckstine
Anita O'Day
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Influenced By:
Leo Watson
Artie Shaw
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Followers:
Harry Connick Jr.
Al Jarreau
Frank D'Rone
The Blue Dahlia
John Vance
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