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Mel Torme
Melvin Howard Tormé, nicknamed The Velvet Fog, was an American musician, best known as a singer of jazz standards. He was also a jazz composer and arranger, drummer, an actor in radio, film, and television, and the author of five books. He composed the music for "The Christmas Song" ("Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire") and co-wrote the lyrics with Bob Wells.
Tormé wrote more than 250 songs, several of which became standards. He often wrote the arrangements for the songs he sang. He collaborated with Bob Wells on his most popular composition, "The Christmas Song" (1946), which was recorded first by Nat King Cole.
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Images of a warm and loving holiday are sure to spring to mind with the a cappella jazz stylings of the Mel Torme classic. A poignant, expressive moment for your concert performance. Available separately: SATB a cappella, SSAA a cappella. Duration: ca. 2:50.
Arranger: Kirby Shaw | Composers: Bob Wells and Mel TormŽ Performed By: Mel Torme
Perhaps your ensemble has sung The Christmas Song many times, many ways ... but this is a truly special treatment. Simple yet sophisticated, Russell Robinson's heartwarming a cappella arrangement gives the holiday classic a hint of jazzy harmonic freshness, yet retains a cozy flavor reminiscent of Christmases gone by.
Arranger: Russell Robinson Performed By: Mel Torme
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