Top Drawer

Studio album by Mel Tormé

Released

1983

Recorded

May 1983

Genre

Vocal jazz

Length

38:41

Mel Tormé chronology

An Evening with George Shearing & Mel Tormé
(1982)

Top Drawer
(1983)

An Evening at Charlie's
(1983)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Top Drawer is a 1983 album by Mel Tormé, accompanied by George Shearing. ^[2]

At the 26th Grammy Awards, Tormé's performance on this album won him the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male.

Track listing

"A Shine on Your Shoes" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 3:06
"How Do You Say Auf Wiedersehen?" (Johnny Mercer, Tony Scibetta) – 5:45
"Oleo" (Sonny Rollins) – 4:15
"Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) – 5:45
"Hi Fly" (Randy Weston) – 3:24
"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) 6:02
"What's This?" (Dave Lambert) – 3:13
"Away in a Manger" (Traditional) – 3:51
"Here's to My Lady" (Rube Bloom, Mercer) – 3:20

Personnel

References

↑ Allmusic review
↑ Top Drawer at AllMusic

George Shearing

Studio albums	Black Satin (1956) Beauty and the Beat! (1959) The Shearing Touch (1960) White Satin (1960) Nat King Cole Sings/George Shearing Plays (1961) The Swingin's Mutual! (1961) Music to Hear (1972) Continental Experience (1975) Two for the Road (1980) On a Clear Day (1980) Top Drawer (1983) An Elegant Evening (1985) Grand Piano (1985) More Grand Piano (1986) Breakin' Out (1987) Back to Birdland (2001) The Rare Delight of You (2002) Hopeless Romantics (2005)

Live albums	On the Sunny Side of the Strip (1960) Blues Alley Jazz (1979) An Evening with George Shearing & Mel Tormé (1982) The Classic Concert Live (1982) An Evening at Charlie's (1983) A Vintage Year (1987) Mel and George "Do" World War II (1990)

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