Results for "Blossom Dearie"

Blossom Dearie

February 10, 2009

When Blossom Dearie died at 82 over the weekend, we lost a brilliant musician whose subtle artistry and private nature conspired to limit her popularity. There was nothing about her “teacup voice," as Whitney Balliett described it, or her sophisticated harmonic sense at the piano that could have led to mass adoration. Nonetheless, for decades she ...

Blossom Dearie a Songwriters Singer Passes

February 9, 2009

Blossom Dearie saw herself as a songwriters singer, performing tunes by the great Broadway and Hollywood teams and newer talents like Dave Frishberg. The singer and songwriter whose sweet soprano voice, harmonically innovative piano stylings and sophisticated performances made her a popular attraction in jazz and cabaret for nearly half a century, Blossom Dearie has died. ...

I Won't Dance

Featuring the music of Blossom Dearie
Duration: 4:59
February 9, 2009

L.A. Jazz Scene 2008: Alive and Swingin'

by Chuck Koton
January 22, 2009

The Los Angeles scene has often been referred to in patronizing terms by jazz lovers, musicians and writers. It has been said that the city's laid-back vibe deprives musicians of the energy that a New York audience can impart to the bandstand. Others complain that the growth of a hip jazz scene has been impeded by ...

Winchester In Apple Blossom Time

Featuring the music of Blossom Dearie
Duration: 4:36
March 1, 2008

Blossom Time at Ronnie Scott's

By Blossom Dearie

Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 2007
Track listing: On Broadway; When the World Was Young; When in Rome; The Shadow of Your Smile; Everything I've Got Belongs To You; Once Upon a Summertime; I'm Hip; Mad About the Boy; The Shape of Things; Satin Doll.

Blossom Dearie: Blossom Time at Ronnie Scott's

by Samuel Chell
February 10, 2007

Several years ago Blossom Dearie said that of all her recordings, this on-location session from 1966 was her personal favorite. Although artists are notoriously unreliable critics of their own work, it's hard to quarrel with the singer/pianist's preference given the evidence on this reissue. Anyone who has yet to discover the inimitable, Lolita-like voice of this ...

From The Meticulous To The Sublime

By Blossom Dearie

Label: Daffodil Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: I'm Hip, Saving My Feeling For You, Sweet Georgie Fame, A Face Like Yours, Hey John, I'm Shadowing You, Many's The Time, Send In The Clowns, Isn't That The Thing To Do?, Feelin' Groovy, How Do You Say Auf Wiedersehn?

Manhattan

By Blossom Dearie

Label: Export Label
Released: 2005

Blossom Dearie: From The Meticulous To The Sublime

by Michael P. Gladstone
December 29, 2005

As a long-time admirer of singer/songwriter Blossom Dearie, it is good to see that her 1975 album From The Meticulous To The Sublime, a mid-career snapshot of her work, has finally been made available on CD. Pursuing her own muse, Blossom Dearie formed the Blue Stars of France in the early 1950s, which culminated ...