Nothing Without You (Mel Tormé and Cleo Laine album)

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Nothing Without You
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Studio album by
Released1992
RecordedMarch 12–13, 1991
Genre Vocal jazz
Length56:13
Label Concord
Producer Carl Jefferson
Mel Tormé chronology
Mel Tormé Live at the Fujitsu–Concord Festival 1990
(1991)
Nothing Without You
(1992)
The Great American Songbook: Live at Michael's Pub
(1992)
Cleo Laine chronology
Jazz
(1991)
Nothing Without You
(1972)
I Am a Song
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Nothing Without You is a 1991 studio album by the jazz singers Mel Tormé and Cleo Laine. [1]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "I'm Nothing Without You" (Cy Coleman, David Zippel) – 3:04
  2. "I Thought About You" (Johnny Mercer, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:51
  3. "Where or When" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 5:09
  4. "I Wish I Were in Love Again" (Hart, Rodgers) – 3:11
  5. "Girl Talk" (Neal Hefti, Bobby Troup) – 5:09
  6. "After You've Gone" (Henry Creamer, Turner Layton) – 4:44
  7. "Brazil"/"Bahia" (Ary Barroso)/(Sidney Keith Russell) – 4:19
  8. "Birdsong" (Sambalaya) (Johnny Dankworth) – 2:53
  9. "Isn't It a Pity?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:04
  10. "Love You Madly" (Duke Ellington) – 3:34
  11. "Angel Eyes" (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis) – 4:34
  12. "Two Tune Medley" (Tormé, Laine) – 4:52
  13. "I Don't Think I'll Fall in Love Today" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:45
  14. "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" (Cole Porter) – 2:55

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Nothing Without You, Allmusic review
  2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1409. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.