Some of Artie Shaw and Mel Torme's finest recordings came in 1946, when both were signed to the Musicraft label in Los Angeles. Torme at the time fronted a vocal quartet known as the Mel-Tones. What set the Mel-Tones apart was their with-it spin on the band vocal groups popular at the time. Torme wrote the vocal arrangements, and their jazz sensibility …
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