My Singing Teachers

by Mel Torme

Book Overview

Mel Torm is one of the world's great jazz vocalists, a veteran of radio, movies, television, recordings, night clubs, and concert halls. He is also a highly respected arranger and composer, the co-author of one of the enduring seasonal classics, "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)." And were that not enough, he is also an accomplished writer, having penned, among other books, a moving biography of his close friend, drummer Buddy...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195090950
• ISBN13: 9780195090956
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

MEL TORME...a great singer/intellect discusses singers

This may not be Mel's best book, but as a former professional singer I found its observations fascinating. Mel's knowledge and taste make this de rigeur reading for anyone who sings, or wants to! Mel always projects a warm, regular-guy feeling in his writing, and doesn't lecture. How wonderful that he left behind these volumes(he has written 6 books) for posterity.Mel Torme himself the singer is the ultimate voice...absolutely music at its best.