Mel Torme & George Shearing-Jazz Magic on " Pick Yourself Up"
Torme and Shearing performed as a duet team for a number of years and demonstrated complete compatibility and a marvellous interplay of ideas and technique. They thought and played as one voice as evidenced in the is Berlin concert version of Jerome Kerns and Dorothy Fields classic " Pick Yourself Up." Torme acts out both the Astaire and Rogers parts , including the verse before beginning the main chorus.
Then Shearing morphs into a J.S.Bach-like improvisational solo that takes off into the stratosphere before Torme joins into a spectacular series of improvised lyrics and melodic interplay.Near the end, Torme hits such a height of inspired jazz singing that Shearing throws up his hands in delight applauding Torme's inspired singing. This is singing and playing of the highest order and two jazz giants combining their talents in the same way that Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond would unite in lengthy improvised passages as in their classic performance of Kern's " All The Things You Are."
The Torme /Shearing performance also includes a sensitive performance of " Stardust" by Hoagy Carmichael and Mitchell Parish that demonstrates the versatility of the two musical partners to both swing hard and serenade ever so sweetly.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q97ho7npMcU
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