Mel Torme - The Very Best of Mel Tormé

Although on the surface it doesn't look very different from the dozens of Mel Tormé compilations available at any one time, the Rhino U.K. release The Very Best Of Mel Tormé is easily the best single volume on Tormé ever done. Spanning the '40s to the '80s (which is a real rarity in the world of Tormé), it balances his hits and his best material, adds in the best of his live performances, and appropriately, spends the most time on his career-defining work of the '50s and '60s (when he was recording for Bethlehem, Verve, and Atlantic). Read More