Rating: - As good as it gets.
Torme's performance on this CD is as close to perfection as is possible. His voice is at its peak. The Mike Renzi trio is also as good as it gets. The CD is worth getting just for the performance of the then new Torme/Mulligan song, "The Real Thing." Had this song been written in the 1930's or 1940's, it would have become a standard. After listening to the CD you may well rate Mr. Torme as the best of them all. My only question is whether in spite of its attributes, it is worth spending $119 for ... Read More

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Rating: - Missing Tracks
As always Mel is fabulous...add his friends and it's even better. But I was under the influence when purchasing this CD that I was getting all the tracks that were on the vinyl of this same named album. It's a shame we fans have to go without the other great songs. My CD cover even lists more tracks that were on the CD itself. SO I feel like I was taken when I see 20 tracks on my cover but only have 18.

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Rating: - The Torme Album to Take to a Desert Island
If you're a first time Torme purchaser, this is THE album to have. Torme is one of a handful of singers who truly got better as he grew older, beginning in the mid 1970s with his Live at the Maisonette LP right up until his unfortunate stroke in the late 1990s. This live club date demonstrates his great rapport with the audience, amazing vocal powers and his sheer musical genius. Nobody, save Ella, can scat like Torme, and there's plenty of it on this disc. The interplay between Mel and his pianist ... Read More

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Rating: - great live Torme
If you're a torme fan, you should like this CD. I have a copy of it that has a few of the flaws that another poster here mentioned. BUT - the other day I was in a record store and I saw a new release of it - same packaging and everything - but the errors on the track listing were corrected and those two tracks that aren't on the CD are not listed anymore. I wish they were just included on the CD but...it's a long one anyway. Highly recommended

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Rating: - Maybe his best album
Torme at the top of his powers. Good mix of older and newer songs. "The Real Thing" which Torme wrote with Gerry Mulligan deserves to be a standard. The Porgy and Bess medley is a tour de force. And Torme offers the definitive version of "Isn't It a Pity."

His passing was a tragic loss to music.