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In 2002, I wrote and hosted a series of documentaries called “Upfront” – about singers who made their names upfront with the big-bands. Here, I present the hippest of all singers Mel Tormé making his name with the most intellectual of bandleaders, Artie Shaw. Uber-talented Tormé was an actor, author, pianist, guitarist, arranger, songwriter (“The Christmas Song”), and drummer! He was singing with his vocal group, The Mel-Tones, when Shaw, the most successful bandleader in America wanted to expand his sound. This is the story of what can happen when two supreme talents collaborate - both a meeting of minds and a butting of heads! The music was as sublime as their infamous arguments!
The show features interviews with, Mel Tormé himself, Ginny Mancini (of the Mel-Tones), and writer Will Friedwald.
MEL TORMÉ & ARTIE SHAW – A Meeting of Minds!
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