However, Blossom Dearie (1924–2009) was not just about her voice (or her oft-commented on name). Her father was Scottish, her mother Norwegian. She was a classically trained pianist and, in time, a ...

This was the fourth of six titles that Blossom Dearie would record for Verve in the mid to late 1950s. As James Gavin explains in his liner essay for the 2001 reissue, Norman Granz wanted to further ...

Dearie was a regular at 52d St. clubs and the salon apartment of arranger Gil Evans in the late 1940s. Blossom Dearie, a delicate pianist, composer, arranger and singer with a helium-high voice who ...

Blossom Dearie — that's her real name — has been a fixture on the New York nightclub scene for decades. The singer and pianist is known for her girlish voice, unusual choice of material and ...

At the end of “On Broadway,” the first track on the 1966 album “Blossom Time – Blossom Dearie Live at Ronnie Scott’s,” pianist-singer Blossom Dearie addresses the audience, saying in a completely ...

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After listening to the live material collected on the six-CD box set Discover Who I Am: The Fontana Years London 1966-70 another, incongruous, marker comes to mind. When she speaks between songs – and ...