The Great American Songbook: Live at Michael's Pub
{{Infobox album
| name = The Great American Songbook: Live at Michael's Pub
| type = live
| artist = Mel Tormé
| cover = tormemichalespub.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1992
| recorded = October 7–8 1992
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Vocal jazz
| length = 59:29
| label = Telarc Records
| producer = Carl Jefferson
| prev_title = Nothing Without You
| prev_year = 1992
| next_title = Christmas Songs
| next_year = 1992
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = Allmusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r190618|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]
|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev2score = {{Rating|2.5|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1409}}
}}
The Great American Songbook: Live at Michael's Pub is a 1992 live album by the American jazz singer Mel Tormé.{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r190618|label=The Great American Songbook: Live at Michael's Pub}}
Track listing
- "You Gotta Try" (Sammy Nestico) - 4:06
- "Ridin' High"/"I'm Shootin' High" (Cole Porter)/(Ted Koehler, Jimmy McHugh) - 2:57
- "You Make Me Feel So Young" (Mack Gordon, Josef Myrow) - 3:56
- "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) - 4:58
- "I'm Gonna Go Fishin'" (Duke Ellington, Peggy Lee) - 3:01
- "Don't Get Around Much Anymore"/"I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" (Ellington, Irving Mills, Henry Nemo)/(Ellington, John Redmond, Bob Russell) - 2:53
- "Sophisticated Lady"/"I Didn't Know About You" (Ellington, Mills, Parish)/(Ellington, Russell) - 5:58
- "Rockin' in Rhythm" (Harry Carney, Ellington, Mills) - 4:22
- "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Ellington, Mills) - 6:30
- "A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening" (Harold Adamson, McHugh) - 3:34
- "I'll Remember April"/"I Concentrate on You" (Gene de Paul, Johnston, Don Raye)/ (Porter) - 4:55
- "Autumn in New York" (Vernon Duke) - 4:18
- "Just One of Those Things"/"On Green Dolphin Street" (Porter)/(Bronislaw Kaper, Ned Washington) - 4:19
- "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm" (Walter Jurmann, Gus Kahn, Kaper) - 2:45
- "The Party's Over" (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne) - 0:57
Personnel
Recorded on October 8, 9, 1992 in New York City, U.S.:
Tracks 1–15
- Mel Tormé - vocals, drums, arranger
- John Walsh - trumpet
- Ross Konikoff - trumpet
- Frank London - trumpet
- Bob Milikan - trumpet
- Tom Artin - trombone
- Rich Willey - trumpet
- Adam Brenner - clarinet, alto saxophone
- Jeff Rupert - clarinet, tenor saxophone
- David Schumacher - bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
- Jack Stuckey - clarinet, flute, alto saxophone
- Jerry Weldon - clarinet, tenor saxophone
- John Leitham - double bass
- John Colianni - piano
- Donny Osborne - drums
References
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