Top Drawer
Studio album by
Mel Tormé
Released1983
RecordedMay 1983
GenreVocal jazz
Length38:41
LabelConcord
ProducerCarl Jefferson
Mel Tormé chronology
The Classic Concert Live
(1982)		 Top Drawer
(1983)		 An Evening at Charlie's
(1983)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[2]

Top Drawer is a 1983 album by Mel Tormé, accompanied by George Shearing.[3]

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

Track listing

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

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1409. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ↑ Top Drawer at AllMusic
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