Mel Tormé at the Crescendo (1957 album)

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]

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

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