The Buttermilk Festival will present “Tormé Sings Tormé” at the Wifler Performance Center in Buttermilk Creek Park this Wednesday, Aug. 3, at 7:15 p.m. The concert will feature nationally-acclaimed vocalist Steve March-Tormé singing the songs made famous by his father, Mel Tormé.
Steve March-Tormé’s extraordinary voice has electrified audiences in venues from the Detroit Jazz Festival to the McCallum Performing Arts Center in Palm Desert, CA, to the Smith Center in Las Vegas, and worldwide from London to Japan, Australia to Brazil and Canada. Steve’s original composition and recording of I REMEMBER CHRISTMASTIME was played on over 55 stations and podcasts in 26 states, plus Canada and the U.K. in 2021, and it will be back on the air this coming holiday season. In addition to his performing and recording career, Steve is the weekly morning, weekly afternoon and Saturday morning host on 91.1 FM The Avenue, which can be streamed anywhere on avenueradio.com.
In 2007, March-Tormé did a 28-city cross-country tour for Columbia Artists Mgt. Inc. paying tribute to his father, Mel Tormé. The show featured a ten-piece band (dek-tette) playing the charts that were arranged by Marty Paich exclusively for “The Velvet Fog.” This week’s show will feature 10 top-notch area instrumentalists playing those original Marty Paich arrangements in accompaniment of Steve, including On the Street Where You Live, Just One of Those Things, Lulu’s Back in Town, Sweet Georgia Brown and The Trolley Song.
A food concession will be available, and a free-will offering will be received to support the Buttermilk Festival. While there is a limited supply of lawn chairs at the park, concert-goers are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets for seating. The program will be moved to the County Fairgrounds Recreation Building in the event of unsuitable weather.
Upcoming on the local summer music schedule is a concert by the Symphonic Band with guest performers: Kyle Megna and the Monsoons on August 10, followed by the Kids From Wisconsin on August 17.