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Velvet & Brass

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Velvet & Brass
Studio album by
Released1995
RecordedMay 5–6, 1995
GenreVocal jazz
Length55:07
LabelConcord
ProducerJohn Burk
Mel Tormé chronology
A Tribute to Bing Crosby
(1994)
Velvet & Brass
(1995)
An Evening with Mel Tormé
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[2]

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.[3]

Track listing

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  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

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References

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  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