5013929334502

The Adorable Blossom Dearie

Blossom Dearie

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Format: 3CD

Cat No: ACME345BOX

Release Date:  26 April 2019

Label:  El / Cherry Red

Packaging Type:  Clamshell

No of Units:  3

Barcode:  5013929334502

Genres:  Jazz  Cabaret  

  • Description

    "I don't want to be called a jazz singer, though I certainly have some roots there. I'm not a cult singer either because after being called a legend that sounds too much like an epitaph. I think of myself as a songwriter's singer. All the great Broadway and Hollywood teams are in my repertoire, along with contemporary people. Writers bring their songs to me because they rely on me to define their work with respect. That's very flattering."

    BLOSSOM DEARIE."Fabulous! Her voice, her tremendous feeling for every song she sings, gives her music a very rare and special warmth." SCOTT ENGEL.New Yorker journalist Whitney Balliett once wrote that her tiny wisp of a voice "would scarcely reach the second story of a doll's house", while jazz critic Leonard Feather described it as "a voice in a million". Blossom Dearie pursued a singular career that blurred the line between jazz and cabaret; her little girl style rich with hidden sensuality; her interpretations full of sensitivity and wit.

    After graduation, Blossom ventured to the late Forties New York City of Gil Evans, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker to immerse herself in be-bop, playing cocktail piano to get by. Opportunities to record eventually arrived in the form of vocalise sessions for Dave Lambert and Buddy Stewart and for Stan Getz; the contribution of an eight-bar vocal to a record by King Pleasure and in 1952 a historic piano session behind Annie Ross, alongside Milt Jackson, Percy Heath and Kenny Clarke, no less; an aggregation that under the direction of John Lewis would soon emerge as the Modern Jazz Quartet. Blossom then accepted an invitation from Barclay Records to move to Paris, where she formed an eight piece mixed vocal group, The Blue Stars of France. They recorded an album and enjoyed a domestic hit with a French-language version of George Shearing's eternal 'Lullaby of Birdland' arranged by Michel Legrand, whose sister Christiane was a member of the group (The Blue Stars would evolve into Les Double Six and The Swingle

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Old Devil Moon
      • 2. Autumn In New York
      • 3. Flamingo
      • 4. There Will Never Be Another You
      • 5. The Continental
      • 6. The Boy Next Door
      • 7. They Can't Take That Away From Me
      • 8. Moonlight Saving Time
      • 9. The Surrey With The Fringe On Top
      • 10. April In Paris
      • 11. Blue Moon
      • 12. Down In The Depths Of The 90th Floor
      • 13. LÉgende Du Pays Aux Oiseaux (Lullaby Of Birdland)
      • 14. Tout Bas (Speak Low)
      • 15. Gina
      • 16. Plus Je T'embrasse (Heart Of My Heart)
      • 17. Toute Ma Joie (That's My Girl)
      • 18. Les LavandiÈres Du Portugal (The Portuguese Washerwoman)
      • 19. Mister L'amour (Mister Sandman)
      • 20. En 1920 (In !920)
      • 21. Embrasse Moi Bien (Hold Me Close)
      • 22. Lettre À Virginie
      • 23. La Danse Du Baiser (The Kissing Dance)
      • 24. Mambo Italiano
      • 25. Jumpin’ At The Woodside
      • 26. C’est La Vie
      • 27. Broadway At Basin Street
      • 28. Grapevine
      • 29. Move

      Disc 2

      • 1. Deed I Do
      • 2. Lover Man
      • 3. Everything I've Got
      • 4. Comment Allez Vous
      • 5. More Than You Know
      • 6. Thou Swell
      • 7. It Might As Well Be Spring
      • 8. Tout Doucement
      • 9. You For Me
      • 10. Now At Last
      • 11. I Hear Music
      • 12. Wait Till You See Her
      • 13. I Won't Dance
      • 14. A Fine Spring Morning
      • 15. They Say It's Spring
      • 16. Johnny One Note
      • 17. The Surrey With The Fringe On Top
      • 18. Cherokee
      • 19. All At Once
      • 20. In The Merry Land Of Bop
      • 21. Hot Halavah
      • 22. Be Still Tv
      • 23. Short P, Not Lp
      • 24. The Way You Look Tonight
      • 25. I'm Beginning To Think You Care
      • 26. Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
      • 27. Everytime
      • 28. I'm In The Mood For Love

      Disc 3

      • 1. It Might As Well Be Spring
      • 2. Moonlight Becomes You
      • 3. Tutti Frutti
      • 4. In A Little Provincial Town
      • 5. Bags New Groove
      • 6. Stop And Go
      • 7. Bull Market
      • 8. Nina Never Knew
      • 9. A Gal In Calico
      • 10. I Like To Recognise The Tune
      • 11. When The Sun Comes Out
      • 12. Flute Blues
      • 13. Phenil Isopropil Amine
      • 14. Chez Moi
      • 15. Boum
      • 16. L'etang
      • 17. Ah-Leu-Cha
      • 18. Hannie's Dream
      • 19. Bernie's Taste