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Verve Jazz Masters 51: Blossom Dearie
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Track Listing
- They Say It's Spring - Blossom Dearie, Norman Granz
- Let Me Love You
- Once Upon A Summertime
- Little Jazz Bird
- Bang Goes The Drum (And You're In Love)
- Someone To Watch Over Me - Blossom Dearie, Kenny Burrell, Ray Brown, Ed Thigpen
- L'Etang
- Give Him The Ooh-La-La
- Rhode Island Is Famous For You - Blossom Dearie, Russell Garcia, Russell Garcia's Orchestra, Norman Granz
- Tea For Two
- Surrey With The Fringe On Top
- I Won't Dance
- Down With Love
- Dearie's Blues
- Manhattan
- The Party's Over
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #28746 in Music
- Released on: 1996-04-08
- Number of discs: 1
- Dimensions: .20 pounds
- Running time: 53 minutes
Customer Reviews
Sexy soulful and a sense of humour...
This album is a great collection of gentle soulful melodies, old favourites (a lovely arrangement of Tea for Two) and some real sweet funny songs like Rhode Island. At first you might think Blossom is another boring female voice, muich of a muchness with lots of similar stagey wannabe jazzers. But there's something different about this talented pianist - she's so sparky and spiky, but her voice is feline, langurous and sounds like she's lying in satin sheets, singing for herself.. but then suddenly she hits you with an unashamedly ballsy note, a sexy lick or a crazy-girl vibe. She infuses every piece of her singing with a different personality, whilst maintaining great smoothness on the piano...
I came across Blossom Dearie by accident and she really is the sound of falling in love... give it a try...
Fine pianist and really strange singer
What can I say?
This compillation was basically my introduction to Blossom Dearie (except for a very fine song I've heard her do with King Pleasure)...
Her piano playing is very strong, her accompanient crew also (Ray Brown, Jo Jones, Ed Thigpen...), but that strange, childish voice... It's an acquired taste, I have to admit it, and I haven't acquired it yet... But I'm getting there!
Every time I listen to this fine Verve compillation I hear more and more depth in singing that at first glance sounds anything BUT deep. There's a lot of irony, innuendo that might even border on kinky?
I'm not sure. But I'm intrigued... And I'll keep listening.
