Blossom Dearie is an album by Blossom Dearie that was recorded in 1956 and released in 1957. It was her first recording for Verve.
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| Released | April 1957 | |||
| Recorded | September 11–12, 1956 | |||
| Genre | Jazz, cool jazz | |||
| Label | Verve | |||
| Producer | Norman Granz, Blossom Dearie | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |  [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
Background
editDearie recorded for the Barclay label in 1955 and 1956.[1] This eponymous album was her next recording as a leader.[1]
Reception
editIn a positive retrospective review written for the CD release, AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow praises Dearie's voice, writing its "sincerity and sense of swing wins one over after a few songs" and her "piano playing is first class".[1]
In 2019, record club Vinyl Me, Please. reissued the album on vinyl. This was the first time the album was re-issued onto vinyl in the United States since its release.[4]
Track listings
edit- "'Deed I Do" (Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose) – 2:11
- "Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?)" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman) – 2:45
- "Ev'rything I've Got" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 2:27
- "Comment allez-vous" (Murray Grand) – 2:10
- "More Than You Know" (Edward Eliscu, Rose, Vincent Youmans) – 3:25
- "Thou Swell" (Rodgers, Hart) – 2:59
- "It Might as Well Be Spring" (Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) (sung in French) – 3:09
- "Tout doucement" (Emile Jean Mercadier, Rene Albert Clausier) – 2:21
- "You for Me" (Bob Haymes) – 2:13
- "Now at Last" (Haymes) – 3:20
- "I Hear Music" (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) – 2:05
- "Wait Till You See Her" (Rodgers, Hart) – 3:19
- "I Won't Dance" (Dorothy Fields, Hammerstein, Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern, Jimmy McHugh) – 2:44
- "A Fine Spring Morning" (Haymes) – 3:04
CD reissue bonus tracks not included on the original 1957 release
- "They Say It's Spring" (Marty Clark, Haymes) – 3:22
- "Johnny One Note" (Rodgers, Hart) – 2:10
- "Blossom's Blues" (Blossom Dearie) – 3:09
Personnel
edit- Blossom Dearie – piano, vocals
- Herb Ellis – guitar
- Ray Brown – double bass
- Jo Jones – drums
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Blossom Dearie - Blossom Dearie AllMusic Review". AllMusic. AllMusic, Netaktion LLC. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. U.S.: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 59. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 360. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Winistorfer, Andrew. "Everything You Need To Know About Our Blossom Dearie Reissue". Vinyl Me, Please. Offbeat Ventures, LLC. Retrieved 23 February 2022.