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LAWERENCE UNIVERSITY WEEKLY
Arts & Entertainment
Olivia Hendricks |
JAZZ WEEKEND BRIDGES GENERATIONAL GAPS
Who would have guessed that lyrics such as "ba-doo-bop-do-do" could
bring together people from the "Greatest Generation" of
the 1920s all
the way to Generation Y'ers -- and beyond? Given what happened during
Lawrence's Jazz Celebration Weekend Nov. 6 and 7, apparently a few
finger-snapping beats are really all it takes to bridge just about
any generational gap.
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CLASSICAL SOURCE.com
Reviewed by: Michael Darvell |
Steve March Tormé, one of Mel’s sons, has followed
in his father’s footsteps, becoming a singer and songwriter of
no mean ability. He began to record solo, wrote his own songs and
his first solo album includes a duet with his father on Nat King
Cole’s ‘Straighten up and fly right’, which you can also hear on
Steve’s newest album called “So far”.
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NAPLES SUN TIMES
By Bruce H. Klauber |
STEVE MARCH TORMÉ REVIEW
"Steve March Tormé's recent,
sold-out performance at The Naples Philharmonic Center for
the Arts was, quite simply, an extraordinary musical event.
Steve March Tormé is the son of the late, legedary and multi-talented
Mel Tormé, and in this multi-media program, entitled "Tormé Sings Tormé, Steve March pays vocal and verbal tribute to his father.
Filling dad's shoes--especially when dad was an absolute genius
as a composer, singer, drummer, pianist and author--is virtually
impossible. Mel Tormé just cannot be imitated. Wisely, Steve
March Tormé doesn't even try, though if anyone could do it, he could.
There are, in fact, a few moments where the vocal resemblance is
erie."
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SPLASH MAGAZINE
By Eric Stevens |
STEVE MARCH TORMÉ GETS MUCH DESERVED STANDING "O" AT
ROPER THEATER
"Mel Tormé must be grinning from ear-to-ear
with pride as he looks down on the singing act of his son, Steve
March Tormé. Each one is absolutely superb in both departments:
singing and showmanship."
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JAZZ SCENE MAGAZINE
By Bob Agnew
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A CROWD PLEASER FROM THE GET-GO AT CIVIC ARTS PLAZA
When you add up all the plusses this entertainer
offers, the singing, the piano playing and related musical talents,
his articulation, the charisma, it's time that the general public "discovers" him,
as did his audience on this special evening."
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METROPOLIS PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE
By Tom Witom |
A TALENTED SON HONORS SINGING LEGEND MEL TORMÉ
Steve March Tormé pays tribute to his late father. As a singer, pianist, drummer,
composer and arranger, Mel Tormé is a tough act to follow. But that’s not stopping
his talented son, Steve March Tormé, who is now presenting "Tormé Sings
Tormé," a classy tribute
to the life and music of his late father.
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CABARET SPOTLIGHT
By Jeff Rossen |
Ask Lorna Luft. Ask Julian Lennon. Ask Frank Sinatra
Jr. Sometimes, regardless of talent, it's an uphill battle for
the offspring of famous performers to establish careers of their
own. But one who's beaten the odds is Steve March Tormé, son of
the legendary "Velvet Fog," Mel Tormé.
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MUSIC CONNECTION MAGAZINE
By Bernard Baur
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STEVE MARCH TORMÉ THE VIC SANTA MONICA
"Steve March Tormé is more than a jazz singer-he's
a consummate entertainer. Indeed, with the rising popularity of
artists such as Michael Bublé and Josh Groban, Tormé's future is
promising. Much like his father, he holds a crowd and excites emotions
with jazz scats and profound lyrics. An exceptionally versatile
artist, Tormé could become the Sinatra of his generation, and in
doing so, could carry jazz into the mainstream commercial market."
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L.A. JAZZ SCENE
By Glenn A. Mitchell |
A VOCALIST STEVE MARCH TORMÉ
QUARTET AT STEAMERS
"An outstanding concert ensued on Friday evening, June 27,
2003 at the popular Steamers Premier Jazz Club of Orange County
with the remarkable vocalist, Steve March Tormé, making his debut
appearance there."
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READING EAGLE & READING TIMES
ENTERTAINMENT SECTION
By Susan L. Peña |
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TOUCH OF MEL-ODY FOR STEVE MARCH TORMÉ
"a stylish, intelligent singer... March Tormé
can not only put across the standards but he's written an impressive
number of cleverly worded, tuneful songs - the kind that hardly
anyone is writing anymore."
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CHICAGO TRIBUNE ARTS CRITIC
BY Howard
Reich |
JAZZ REVIEW, STEVE MARCH TORMÉ AT TOULOUSE COGNAC BAR
"There's nothing quite so satisfying
as beholding the moment when a promising, young musician begins
to achieve his potential."
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SPECIAL TO THE POST-DISPATCH
By Terry Perkins |
TORMÉ'S SON GETS PAST THE COMPARISONS,
SHOWS OWN STYLE
"He put together a strong performance that
was built on his undeniably strong sense of swing, precise technique
and winning personality".
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4FRONT MAGAZINE
By Archie Rothman |
"The whole night was filled with such ovations,
as the Cinegrill crowd welcomed him as the next major star".
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CHICAGO TRIBUNE
By Howard Reich |
"Steve Tormé has a terrific set of ears and
a nearly infallible sense of pitch, qualities that are rarer among
jazz singers than one might think".
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CAR & DRIVER MAGAZINE
By John Phillips |
"We idled for 20 minutes at a crack, with
the A/C blasting, seat fans at max blow, seat massagers silently
unkinkiing thigh muscles and Steve March Tormé--Velvet Fog fils--
singing "Straighten Up and Fly Right' out of 11 speakers surrounded
by "Merino" leather, which perhaps comes from Miami dolphins." .
. . "I might've gone quicker but, just before the tree went
green, Tormé coincidentally lit into "More Than Gone",
a song that describes both my mind and the X6 M, and I was understandably
distracted." |
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REVIEWS |
SO FAR &
INSIDE OUT |
SCOTT YANOW,
Jazz Journalist & author of ten books including The Jazz Singers,
Jazz On Film, Trumpet Kings & Jazz On Record 1917-76
Click Here for .pdf Version
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It can be difficult being a singer when you are the son of a famous
vocalist, but Steve March Torme has been able to develop his own
career and musical personality independent of his father. It helps
that he was not named Mel Torme, Jr. and that he has not sought
to duplicate his father's hits. Instead he has found his own direction.
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SO FAR |
EJAZZ NEWS,
by John Gilbert
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This album is a compilation of the first three
CDs of Steve March Tormé. The bands (filled with all stars) are
swinging and driving as
is Tormé. He illustrates that the apple doesn't fall far from
the tree. His voice texture bears some resemblance to Mel's but
is definitely his own.
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THE ESSENCE OF LOVE |
CADENCE MAGAZINE |
"His out of tempo verse to "Let's Fall" is
worth all the stars some other magazine's rating system might allow,
and his "Stardust" is all but definitive, furnishing
the program with a dazzling denouement. Steve Rawlins' arrangements
are solid and unobtrusive. My recap-- great songs, great singing--not
to be missed by anyone nourished by either . . . or both."
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BY Clinton P. Desveaux |
"Steve March Tormé is the pre-eminent voice
in jazz music today; a focussed and coherent body of work is the
best way to describe his newest album “The Essence of Love”. Only
a Tormé understands which way the great American songbook should
be sung, and anyone who enjoys Harry Connick Jr and canucks like
Buble or Krall will find themselves overwhelmed by Steve Tormé’s
mastery of the music..."
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THE NIGHT I FELL FOR YOU |
CHICAGO TRUBUNE for the L.A. TIMES CALENDAR SECTION
By Howard Reich |
Three and a half stars. "The
maturation of Tormé as a singer, has been gratifying to behold".
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CABARET SCENES, TRACKS
By Jeff Rossen |
The Night I Fell For
You not only serves
to pemanently move Tormé out of his father's imposing shadow, it
establishes him as a songwriter of exceptionally high caliber,
showing that the talents he exhibited on Swingin'
At the Blue Moon Bar & Grille were just a
hint of what he's got to offer."
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SWINGIN'
AT THE BLUE MOON BAR & GRILLE |
DOWNBEAT
by Fred Bouchard |
"Tormé's voice is sweetly seductive".
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CHICAGO TRIBUNE,
By Howard Reich |
"Steve March Tormé with this recording, launches
his career as a serious jazz singer."
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CABARET SCENES
by Jeff Rossen |
"Balancing his 12 song program with both originals
and well known standards, Tormé displays much of the vocal agility
of his famous father but he doesn't mimic or imitate."
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PIONEER PRESS, St. Paul/Minneapolis. HOT WAX
by
Bob Protzman
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4 STARS
"One of the album's highlights is a
father-son duet on Nat King Cole's "Straighten Up and Fly
Right",
on which they exchange scintillating scat choruses."
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