The Summertime Story Behind the Mel Tormé-Penned Nat King Cole 'Chestnuts' Classic "The Christmas Song"
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“The Christmas Song” by Robert Wells and Mel Torme (“the velvet fog”, a beautiful singer who is often overlooked in the jazz pantheon.) I love Nat King Cole’s version of this song. I adore Nat King Cole, period. His touch on the piano is mind boggling, his voice is always in the bulls-eye of the pitch and he sings for the lyric. This song is Christmas to me. | Paula Cole
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“The Christmas Song” by Robert Wells and Mel Torme (“the velvet f…
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There's an old saying you can't improvise until you know the melody, and Mel Tormé knew both. (September 13, 1925 – June 5, 1999). He was a child prodigy. A supreme vocal technician whose style encompassed everything from intimate pop crooning to jet-propelled scat improvisations, Mr. Torme was rivaled in virtuosity only by Ella Fitzgerald, who moved between the worlds of pop and jazz with a similar ease. An innate classicist who approached popular songs with an analytic sense of balance and pro
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