Tormé puts his spin on the big-band jazz of Alan Jay Lerner’s “Come Back to Me” and the Cole Porter penned title track. He also takes on the pop standards “Autumn Leaves” and “What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?” He gets even more soulful by taking on the smooth sounds of Al Green’s classic “Let’s Stay Together” while also creating his own signature songs. And of course, he brings it home to one of his father’s biggest hits, “Comin’ Home Baby.” Growing up with Mel Tormé for a dad was quite an exciting ride. Tormé was exposed to some of the greatest music in American history because of this father. He had the honor of being around some of the biggest legends in jazz – from Bing Crosby, Duke Ellington, Sammy Davis Jr., Buddy Rich to Ella Fitzgerald. “My dad was a hero to me, and his lifelong love affair with music inspired my own,” Tormé says his official bio. “He was impressing musical tastes and ideas on me from very early on (in my life) and I am endlessly grateful for that.”
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