Mel Tormé - With the Meltones & Artie Shaw: From the Archives - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Acknowledged as one the greatest jazz vocalists of all time, Mel Torme was admirably nick-named InchThe Velvet FogInch for his ultra smooth vocal styling's. A gifted composer as well, Torme penned one of the most famous songs of all time; the perennial InchChristmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on An Open Fire).Inch in 1944 he formed the vocal quintet InchMel Torme and His Mel-Tones,Inch who were among the first jazz-influenced vocal groups which became the model for the Four Freshman and the Manhattan Transfer. Recorded with Artie Shaw's group in 1946, this classic recording captures Mel and his early group at their vocal best. All selections newly remastered.