The bobby socks generation knows him as the Velvet Fog for his light, smoky voice. The children of television recognize him from appearances on Night Court and Sienfeld. Jazz fans know Mel Torme as the singer who best exemplified the Cool West Coast sound. A child prodigy, Torme entered show biz at the age of three. A short stint as a big band drummer left him with a firm grasp of complex rhythms and he enjoyed a brief period as a crooning teen idol in the 1940s (film roles included). During the 1950s, Torme began a collaboration with arranger/pianist Marty Paich, and together they brought the Miles Davis/Gerry Mulligan "Birth of the Cool" sound to popular music on a series of classic albums. These remain his finest recordings, but Torme was popular during the '80s, where sold-out concert crowds were dazzled by his high-flying scat abilities and razor wit. Torme also wrote many songs, including the standard "Stranger in Town," penned when he was fifteen years old, as well as "The Christmas Song" ("...chestnuts roasting on an open fire").

AGAIN: A JAZZ HOUR WITH MEL TORMÉ	AN EVENING WITH MEL TORMÉ	BEAUTY OF JAZZ	BEST OF MEL TORMÉ
CALIFORNIA SUITE AND VELVET FOG	COMIN' HOME BABY!	COMPLETE WORLD TRANSCRIPTIONS	CONCORD HERITAGE
EMI PRESENTS THE MAGIC OF	FOGGY DAY	FUJITSU-CONCORD JAZZ FESTIVAL IN JAPAN	GOLDEN LEGENDS
GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK: LIVE AT MICHAEL'S PUB	I DIG THE DUKE I DIG THE COUNT	I'VE GOT WORLD ON A STRING	IN THE LOUNGE WITH
INTIMATE MEL TORMÉ...ISN'T IT ROMANTIC?	IT'S EASY TO REMEMBER	JAZZ 'ROUND MIDNIGHT: MEL TORMÉ	JAZZ AND VELVET
JAZZ COLLECTION: MEL TORME	JUKEBOX MEMORIES	LIVE AT MARTYS,N.Y.C.	LONDON SESSIONS /�ÎÄÌÎ÷Å� ÇÀÄ�ÈÊ/
LOVES FRED ASTAIRE	LULU´S BACK IN TOWN	MAGIC OF - EMI	MAGIC OF MEL TORMÉ
MEL TORMÉ'S FINEST HOUR	MEL TORME IN HOLLYWOOD	MEL TORME'S FINEST HOUR	MY NIGHT TO DREAM: THE BALLADS COLLECTION
OLE TORME	ORDINARY FOOL	OTHER SIDE OF THE RAINBOW : BEHIND THE SCENES ON THE JUDY GARLAND TELEVISION SER	REUNION - IN CONCERT TOKYO
S/T 180 GRAM LP	SMOOTH AS VELVET	SONGS FOR ANY TASTE	SONGS OF NY
SPOTLIGHT ON MEL TORMÉ	SWINGIN' ON THE MOON	SWINGIN'O'THE MOON	SWINGING ON THE MOON - VERVE-BY REQUEST-DIGIPAK
SWINGS SHUBERT ALLEY	THAT'S ALL 64-70	TOGETHER AGAIN - FOR THE FIRST TIME	TORME 1958
TORME TOUCH	TWO DARN HOT: A NIGHT AT THE CONCORD PAVILION/LIVE AT THE FUJITSU-CONCORD	VELVET AND BRASS	VELVET FOG
WE THREE,PEARL BAILEY AND LENA HORN	WEST COAST IS THE BEST COAST	WITH THE CHRIS GUNNING ORCHESTRA	WITH THE MARTY PAICH /DEK-TETTE/
An Evening With Mel Torme	Night at the Concord Pavilion	Velvet & Brass	The Duke Ellington and Count Basie Songbooks
The Mel Tormé Collection: 1944-1985	A Tribute to Bing Crosby	Two Darn Hot: A Night at the Concord Pavilion / Live at the Fujitsu-Concord (disc 2)	Encore at Marty's New York
Just Jazz: Mel Tormé With the Chris Gunning Orchestra	The Great American Songbook: Live at Michael's Pub	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Mel Tormé	The Legendary Mel Tormé
The Best of the Concord Years (disc 2)	Mel Tormé Sings About Love	The Best of Mel Tormé	The Very Best of Mel Torme (disc 1)
'Round Midnight: A Retrospective 1956-1968	Two Classic Albums from Mel Tormé: At the Red Hill / Live at the Maisonette	The Very Best of Mel Torme	Mel's London Mood
Comin' Home Baby!/Sings Sunday in New York	Two Darn Hot: A Night at the Concord Pavilion / Live at the Fujitsu-Concord (disc 1)	A&E Biography: A Musical Anthology	The 'Velvet Fog' Years
Fujitsu-Concord Jazz Festival in Japan '90	Highlights From the Mel Torme' Songbook	The Ultimate Mel Torme	Mel Tormé, Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass
Great Gentlemen of Song: Spotlight on Mel Tormé	The Legend of Mel Tormé