Mel Tormé at the Crescendo
Live album by Mel Tormé
Released	1957
Recorded	February 22, 1957
Venue	The Crescendo, Hollywood, CA
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	38:23
Label	Bethlehem
Mel Tormé chronology
Mel Tormé Sings Fred Astaire (1956) Mel Tormé at the Crescendo (1957) Mel Tormé's California Suite (1957)

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Gene Norman Presents Mel Tormé at the Crescendo is a 1957 live album by Mel Tormé, recorded at The Crescendo nightclub in Los Angeles. ^[2]

Track listing

1. " It's Only a Paper Moon" ( Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Billy Rose) – 3:22
2. " What Is This Thing Called Love?" ( Cole Porter) – 3:55
3. " One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" (Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 4:47
4. "Love Is Just a Bug" ( Specs Powell) – 2:32
5. " A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" ( Eric Maschwitz, Manning Sherwin) – 2:53
6. " Autumn Leaves" ( Joseph Kosma, Mercer, Jacques Prévert) – 1:32
7. " Just One of Those Things" (Porter) – 2:29
8. " The Girl Next Door" ( Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) – 2:58
9. " Lover, Come Back to Me" ( Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) – 2:43
10. "Looking at You" (Porter) – 2:50
11. " (Love Is) The Tender Trap" ( Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:26
12. " I'm Beginning to See the Light" ( Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James) – 2:23

Personnel

• Mel Tormé - vocals
• Marty Paich - piano, arranger
• Larry Bunker - vibraphone
• Don Fagerquist - trumpet
• Max Bennett - double bass
• Mel Lewis - drums

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