Blossom Dearie - Its The Lovely...Blossom Dearie! Vol 2 (Remastered) '2009; 2019
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Album name | Its The Lovely...Blossom Dearie! Vol 2 (Remastered) |
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Date | 2009; 2019 |
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Play time | 1:17:18 |
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Size | 267; 616 MB |
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A distinctive, girlish voice and crisp, impeccable delivery, plus an irrepressible sense of playful swing, made Blossom Dearie one of the most enjoyable singers of the vocal era. Her warmth and sparkle ensured that shed never treat standards as the well-worn songs they often appeared in less capable hands. And though her reputation was made on record with a string of excellent albums for Verve during the 50s, she remained a draw with Manhattan cabaret audiences long into the new millennium. Actually born with the name Blossom Dearie in the New York Catskills, she began playing piano at an early age and studied classical music before making the switch to jazz while in high school. After graduation, she moved to New York and began appearing with vocal groups like the Blue Flames (attached to Woody Herman) and the Blue Reys (with Alvino Rey). She also played cocktail piano around the city, and moved to Paris in 1952 to form her own group, the Blue Stars of France. Dearie also appeared in a nightclub act with Annie Ross, and made a short, uncredited appearance on King Pleasures vocalese classic, Moodys Mood for Love. She recorded an obscure album of piano solos, and in 1954, the Blue Stars hit the national charts with a French version of Lullaby of Birdland. After hearing Dearie perform in Paris in 1956, Norman Granz signed her to Verve and she returned to America by the end of the year. Her eponymous debut for Verve featured a set of standards that slanted traditional pop back to its roots in Tin Pan Alley, Broadway, and cabaret. Her focus on intimate readings of standards (Deed I Do, Thou Swell) and the relaxed trio setting (bassist Ray Brown and drummer Jo Jones, plus Dearie on piano) drew nods to her cabaret background. On her next few records, Dearie stuck to her focus on standards and small groups, though her gift for songwriting emerged as well with songs like Blossoms Blues. She performed in solo settings at supper clubs all over New York, and appeared on the more cultured of the late-50s New York talk shows. Her husband, flutist Bobby Jaspar, made several appearances on her records, notably 1959s My Gentleman Friend. After a recording break in the early 60s, Blossom Dearie signed to Capitol for one album (1964s May I Come In?), but then recorded sparingly during the rest of the decade. Finally, in the early 70s, she formed her own Daffodil Records label and began releasing her own work, including 1974s Blossom Dearie Sings and 1976s My New Celebrity Is You. She also performed at Carnegie Hall with Anita ODay and Joe Williams, billed as the Jazz Singers. She continued to perform and record during the 1980s through to the early 2000s, centered mostly in New York but also a regular attraction in London as well. She retired from playing live in 2006 due to health concerns and died quietly in her Greenwich Village apartment on February 7, 2009. ~ John Bush Tracklist: 01. Blossom Dearie - Deed I Do! (Remastered) 02. Blossom Dearie - Loverman (Remastered) 03. Blossom Dearie - Everything Ive Got (Remastered) 04. Blossom Dearie - Comment Allez Vous? (Remastered) 05. Blossom Dearie - More Than You Know (Remastered) 06. Blossom Dearie - Thou Swell! (Remastered) 07. Blossom Dearie - It Might As Well Be Spring (Remastered) 08. Blossom Dearie - Tout Doucement (Remastered) 09. Blossom Dearie - You For Me (Remastered) 10. Blossom Dearie - Now At Last (Remastered) 11. Blossom Dearie - I Hear Music (Remastered) 12. Blossom Dearie - Wait till You See Her (Remastered) 13. Blossom Dearie - I Wont Dance (Remastered) 14. Blossom Dearie - A Fine Spring Morning (Remastered) 15. Blossom Dearie - Just One of Those Things (Remastered) 16. Blossom Dearie - Like Someone In Love (Remastered) 17. Blossom Dearie - Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (Remastered) 18. Blossom Dearie - They Say Its Spring (Remastered) 19. Blossom Dearie - Try Your Wings (Remastered) 20. Blossom Dearie - Bang Goes the Drum (and Youre In Love) (Remastered) 21. Blossom Dearie - The Riviera (Remastered) 22. Blossom Dearie - The Middle of Love (Remastered) 23. Blossom Dearie - Plus Tembrasse (Remastered) 24. Blossom Dearie - Give Him the Ooh-La-La (Remastered) 25. Blossom Dearie - Let Me Love You (Remastered) 26. Blossom Dearie - I Walk a Little Faster (Remastered)
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Album
- September 12, 1957 & September 13, 1957 Give Him the Ooh La La
- March 25, 2003 Blossom Dearie for Café Aprés-midi
- June 1963 Sings Rootin Songs
- January 19, 2000 Blossoms Planet
- February 19 & 22 , 1960 Soubrette: Sings Broadway Hit Songs
- February 13, 1964 - February 15, 1964 May I Come In?
- 2023 Discover Who I Am: Blossom Dearie In London (The Fontana Years: 1966-1970)
- 2022 The Early Years Collection 1949-60
- 2021 Little Jazz Bird, 1952-1959
- 2021 Wild Mood Best Tracks
- 2020 Blossoms Planet (Planet One)
- 2020 My New Celebrity Is You
- 2019 Its The Lovely...Blossom Dearie! Vol 1
- 2019 Its The Lovely...Blossom Dearie! Vol 3
- 2019 Its The Lovely...Blossom Dearie! Vol 4
- 2018 Sings Comden And Green [2]
- 2018 It Sparkles And Shines
- 2018 Once Upon A Summertime (Remastered)
- 2018 Me And Phil
- 2018 Nice And Easy
- 2018 Little Angel
- 2018 Swan Lake In The Winter
- 2017 Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
- 2017 Blossom Dearie Sings (45th Anniversary Edition)
- 2017 Giants Of Jazz
- 2017 I Like Myself
- 2017 Little Jazz Bird
- 2017 It's Love
- 2017 Some Other Time
- 2017 Teach Me Tonight
- 2017 Weyre Together
- 2016 Deed I Do
- 2016 I'm In The Mood For Love
- 2016 Jazzmatic By Blossom Dearie, Vol. 2
- 2016 Jazzmatic By Blossom Dearie, Vol. 1
- 2016 Once Upon A Time...
- 2016 When I Grow Too Old To Dream
- 2015 A Little Jazz With Blossom Dearie
- 2015 Blossom Dearie
- 2015 Cult Chanteuse
- 2015 Give Him The Ooh-La-La
- 2015 It's Christmas Time With Blossom Dearie, Vol. 01
- 2015 Jazz Nostalgia
- 2015 It's Christmas Time With Blossom Dearie, Vol. 02
- 2015 My Gentleman Friend
- 2015 Once Upon A Summertime
- 2014 Beautiful Venice
- 2014 Spare Time Music
- 2014 The Complete Recordings 1952-1962
- 2010/2018 Avec Les Blue Stars
- 2009; 2019 Its The Lovely...Blossom Dearie! Vol 2 (Remastered)
- 2007 / 2021 The Adorable Blossom Dearie
- 2003 The Diva Series
- 1997 Whisper For You
- 1996 Verve Jazz Masters 51
- 1991 Christmas Spice So Very Nice
- 1987 Songs Of Chelsea [2]
- 1970 That's Just The Way I Want To Be [2]
- 1967 Sweet Blossom Dearie
- 1966 Blossom Time At Ronnie Scott's
- 1964 May I Come In [2]
- 1960 Blossom Dearie, Soubrette: Sings Broadway Hits Songs
- 1959 Sings Comden And Green [2]
- 1959 My Gentleman Friend [3]
- 1958 Give Him The Ooh-La-La [2]
- 1958 Once Upon A Summertime
- 1957 Give Him The Ooh-la-la (1998 Remaster)
- 1957 Blossom Dearie [2]
- 1956 Blossom Dearie (1989 Remaster)
- 1955 The Pianist - Les Blue Stars
Compilation
- 2019 It's The Lovely...Blossom Dearie! Vol 2
- 2016 The Very Best Of, Vol. 1 (Plus Je T'embrasse) [remastered]
- 2014 The Complete Recordings 1952-62
- 2014 Complete Recordings 1952-1962 (4CD)
- 2005 Blossom's Own Treasures (2CD)
- 2003 Blossom's Own Treasures
- 2003 The Diva Series: Blossom Dearie
- 2002 The Pianist
- 1997 Whisper For You
- 1996 Verve Jazz Masters 51
- 1960 Soubrette Sings Broadway Hit Songs
- 1960 Soubrette: Blossom Dearie Sings Broadway Hit Songs
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