The Classic Concert Live

The Classic Concert Live
The Classic Concert Live
Live album by Mel Tormé, Gerry Mulligan, George Shearing
Released	February 15, 2005
Recorded	June 29, 1982
Genre	Vocal jazz, jazz
Length	38:41
Label	Concord
Producer	Chris Dunn
Mel Tormé chronology
Gerry Mulligan chronology

ReleasedFebruary 15, 2005

RecordedJune 29, 1982

GenreVocal jazz, jazz

Length38:41

The Classic Concert Live is a live album by Mel Tormé, Gerry Mulligan, and George Shearing, recorded at Carnegie Hall in 1982 and released in 2005. ^[1]

Shearing and Tormé would go on to make six albums together for Concord Records, this is the only recorded performance of Shearing and Tormé with Gerry Mulligan.

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Allmusic	^[1]

v t e George Shearing
Studio albums	Midnight on Cloud 69 (1956) Black Satin (1956) In the Night (1956) Latin Lace (1958) Beauty and the Beat! (1959) The Shearing Touch (1960) Latin Affair (1960) White Satin (1960) George Shearing and the Montgomery Brothers (1961) Nat King Cole Sings/George Shearing Plays (1961) The Swingin's Mutual! (1961) Shearing Bossa Nova (1962) Touch Me Softly (1963) Old Gold and Ivory (1963) Out of the Woods (1964) New Look! (1967) The Heart and Soul of Joe Williams and George Shearing (1971) Music to Hear (1972) Continental Experience (1975) The Reunion (1976) Two for the Road (1980) On a Clear Day (1980) First Edition (1981) Top Drawer (1983) An Elegant Evening (1985) Grand Piano (1985) George Shearing & Barry Tuckwell Play the Music of Cole Porter (1986) More Grand Piano (1986) Breakin' Out (1987) The Spirit of 176 (1988) George Shearing in Dixieland (1989) Piano (1989) The Rare Delight of You (2002) Hopeless Romantics (2005)
Live albums	On the Sunny Side of the Strip (1960) Jazz Concert (1963) Rare Form! (1966) Blues Alley Jazz (1979) An Evening with George Shearing & Mel Tormé (1982) The Classic Concert Live (1982) An Evening at Charlie's (1983) Live at the Café Carlyle (1984) A Vintage Year (1987) A Perfect Match (1988) Dexterity (1988) Mel and George "Do" World War II (1990) The Rare Delight of You (2002) Hopeless Romantics (2005)
Discography Jazz portal

v t e Gerry Mulligan
Years given are for the recording(s), including the soundtrack albums, not first release. Some of the titles have been shortened.
Albums as leader or co-leader	Lee Konitz Plays with the Gerry Mulligan Quartet (1953) Paris Concert (with Bob Brookmeyer, 1954) California Concerts (1954) Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet (1955) Mainstream of Jazz (1956) At Storyville (1956) The Teddy Wilson Trio & Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Bob Brookmeyer at Newport (split album, 1957) Jazz Giants '58 (with Harry Edison, Stan Getz, 1958) Mulligan Meets Monk (with Thelonious Monk, 1957) Blues in Time (with Paul Desmond, 1957) Gerry Mulligan Meets Stan Getz Jazz Concerto Grosso (with Bob Brookmeyer, 1957) The Gerry Mulligan Songbook (1957) Annie Ross Sings a Song with Mulligan! (1957–58) What Is There to Say? (1958–59) Meets Johnny Hodges (1959) Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster (1959) The Concert Jazz Band (1960) The Concert Jazz Band on Tour (1960) The Concert Jazz Band at the Village Vanguard (1960) Holliday with Mulligan (with Judy Holliday, 1961) Presents a Concert in Jazz (1961) The Gerry Mulligan Quartet (with Bob Brookmeyer, 1962) Jeru (1962) Two of a Mind (with Paul Desmond, 1962) Spring Is Sprung (1962) Gerry Mulligan '63 (1962) Night Lights (1963) Butterfly with Hiccups (1963–64) If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em! (1965) Feelin' Good (1965) Something Borrowed - Something Blue (1966) Summit (with Astor Piazzolla, 1974) Walk on the Water (1980)
With Chet Baker	Gerry Mulligan Quartet Volume 1 (1952) Gerry Mulligan Quartet Volume 2 (1953) Gene Norman Presents the Original Gerry Mulligan Tentet and Quartet (1953) Reunion (1957) Carnegie Hall Concert (1974)
With Dave Brubeck	Live at the Berlin Philharmonie (1970) The Last Set at Newport (1971) We're All Together Again for the First Time (1972)
With others	Birth of the Cool (Miles Davis, 1949–50) 2:00 AM Paradise Cafe (Barry Manilow, 1984) Pelé (Sérgio Mendes & Pelé, 1977) Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert (1972) The Classic Concert Live (with Mel Tormé & George Shearing, 1982)
Soundtracks	The Sound of Jazz (1957) I Want to Live! (1958) The Subterraneans (1960) The Hot Rock (Quincy Jones, 1971)

v t e Mel Tormé
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	It's a Blue World (1955) Mel Tormé and the Marty Paich Dek-Tette (1956) Mel Tormé Sings Fred Astaire (1956) Mel Tormé's California Suite (1957) Prelude to a Kiss (1957) Tormé Meets the British (1957) Tormé (1958) Back in Town (1959) ¡Olé Tormé!: Mel Tormé Goes South of the Border with Billy May (1959) Broadway, Right Now! (1961) Mel Tormé Swings Shubert Alley (1960) I Dig the Duke! I Dig the Count! (1960–61) Swingin' on the Moon (and Margaret Whiting, 1960–61) My Kind of Music (1961) Mel Tormé Sings Sunday in New York & Other Songs About New York (1963) That's All (1964–66) Right Now! (1966) A Day in the Life of Bonnie and Clyde (1968) Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head (1969) Tormé: A New Album (1977) Together Again: For the First Time/When I Found You (and Buddy Rich, 1978) Top Drawer (and George Shearing, 1983) Mel Tormé, Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass (1986) Mel Tormé and the Marty Paich Dektette – Reunion (1988) Nothing Without You (and Cleo Laine, 1991) Christmas Songs (1992) A Tribute to Bing Crosby (1994) Velvet & Brass ( and Rob McConnell, 1995)
Live albums	Mel Tormé at the Crescendo (1955) Mel Tormé at the Crescendo (1957) Songs for Any Taste (1957) Mel Tormé at the Red Hill (1962) Mel Tormé live at the Maisonette (1975) An Evening with George Shearing & Mel Tormé (1982) The Classic Concert Live (and Gerry Mulligan, George Shearing, 1982) An Evening at Charlie's (and George Shearing, 1983) A Vintage Year (and George Shearing, 1987) Mel Tormé and the Marty Paich Dektette – In Concert Tokyo (1988) Mel and George "Do" World War II (1990) Mel Tormé Live at the Fujitsu–Concord Festival 1990 (1990) Night at the Concord Pavilion (1990) Sing Sing Sing (1992) Mel Tormé Live at the Playboy Jazz Festival (1993) The Great American Songbook: Live at Michael's Pub (1992) An Evening with Mel Tormé (1996) Ralph Gleason's Jazz Casual (2001)
Selected singles	"Comin' Home Baby" (1962)

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