Mel Tormé live at the Maisonette

Mel Tormé live at the Maisonette is a 1975 live album by Mel Tormé.^[3]

Mel Tormé live at the Maisonette
Live album by Mel Tormé
Released	1975
Recorded	September 1974
Venue	St. Regis Hotel, New York City, New York
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	39:08
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Michael Cox
Mel Tormé chronology
Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head (1969) Mel Tormé live at the Maisonette (1975) Tormé: A New Album (1977)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[2]

Tormé had not released an album since 1969, and would not make any studio recordings until 1977, with the launch of Tormé: A New Album.

This live album was recorded privately, and sold to Atlantic Records; Tormé subsequently claimed never to have received any money from this recording. For the Gershwin medley, Tormé was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) at the Grammy Awards of 1976.

Track listing

1. Introduction – 1:06
2. "Jet Set" (Mel Tormé) – 3:18
3. "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand) – 3:44
4. "Mountain Greenery" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 3:16
5. "It Takes Too Long to Learn to Live Alone" (Leon Carr) – 4:37
6. "Route 66" (Bobby Troup) – 4:24
7. Gershwin medley: "I Got Rhythm"/"Mine"/"Do-Do-Do"/"'S Wonderful"/"Embraceable You"/"Love Walked In"/"Love Is Here to Stay"/"Oh, Lady be Good!"/"A Foggy Day"/"How Long Has This Been Going On?"/"Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?"/"Who Cares?"/"Love is Sweeping the Country"/"Of Thee I Sing"/"Swanee"/"Strike Up the Band"/"I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise" – 15:39
8. "Superstition" (Stevie Wonder) – 3:22
9. "The Party's Over" (Adolph Green, Betty Comden, Jule Styne) – 1:42

All compositions on track seven by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, except "Swanee", lyrics by Irving Caesar, and "I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise", lyrics by Ira Gershwin and Buddy DeSylva.

Personnel

Performance

• Mel Tormé - vocals, arranger
• Al Porcino and his Orchestra

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. Mel Tormé live at the Maisonette at AllMusic