Mel and George "Do" World War II

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Mel and George "Do" World War II
Mel and George "Do" World War II cover
Live album by Mel Tormé
Released 1990
Recorded September 2 - September 3, 1990
Genre Jazz
Length 62:38
Label Concord Records
Producer Carl Jefferson
Professional reviews
Mel Tormé chronology
Night at the Concord Pavilion
(1990)
Mel and George "Do" World War II
(1990)
Mel Tormé live at the Fujitsu-Concord Festival 1990
(1990)

Mel and George "Do" World War II is a 1990 (see 1990 in music) live album by the American jazz singer Mel Tormé and the British jazz pianist George Shearing.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Lili Marleen" (Tommy Connor, Hans Leip, Norbert Schultze) 6:18
2. "Love" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) 6:13
3. "Aren't You Glad You're You?" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) 5:35
4. Duke Ellington Medely: "Cotton Tail"/"I Didn't Know About You"/"Don't Get Around Much Anymore"/"I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Duke Ellington) 3:39
5. "I Don't Want to Walk Without You", "I'll Walk Alone" (Frank Loesser, Jule Styne) 4:30
6. "I Could Write a Book" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) 5:29
7. "A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening" Harold Admanson, Jimmy McHugh) 6:18
8. "On the Swing Shift"/"The Five O'Clock Whistle" (Harold Arlen, Kim Gannon, William C.K. Irwin, Johnny Mercer, Josef Myrow) 4:17
9. "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) 5:18
10. "This is the Army, Mister Jones" (Irving Berlin) 3:30
11. "We Musn't Say Goodbye" (Al Dubin, James V. Monaco) 3:13
12. "I've Heard That Song Before" (Sammy Cahn, Styne) 4:10
13. "I Know Why (And So Do You)" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) 5:15

[edit] Personnel

Recorded = September 2 - September 3, 1990 |

  • Mel Tormé - (vocals)
  • George Shearing - (piano)
  • Neil Swainson - (double bass)
  • Donny Osborne - (drums)