blossom dearie

Second or third best version of "Like Someone In Love" EVAH.

Search: "Always True To You In My Fashion", though her version excludes the verse about Clark Gable.

'Tho he sounds more like Buttercup than Blossom.

I'm not aware of any other vocal jazz singer from 50s that still sounds so remarkably fresh and relevant today. Not only is music very accessible to non-jazzers, it is very intimate and stripped down, while carrying an aura of playful sopistication. I'm usually turned off by sultry/brassy jazz vocalists, so it is very refreshing to hear Miss Dearie's thin, girlish voice.

Search all 5 (out of 6) records on Verve that are currently in print: Blossom Dearie, Give Him The Ooh-La-La, Once Upon A Summertime, Blossom Dearie Sings Comden & Green, and My Gentleman Friend.

I disagree though, the best version of Thou Swell is definitely Betty Carter's (but then she can do no wrong in my ears).

She was indie before it was even invented! I think you could drop a Blossom Dearie track into a twee or indiepop mix and no one would bat an eye.

She owns "Surrey With the Fringe on Top," and I once wrote that "I'm Old Fashioned" could've been retired after she recorded it.

i'll have to tell my dad that he isnt the only person in the world to have heard of her....

RIP Blossom Dearie

http://forums.allaboutjazz.com/showthread.php?t=37937

oh no. shucks, was listening to her just yesterday.

...I set my chin a little higher
Hope a little longer
Build a little stronger castle in the air
And thinking you'll be there
I walk a little faster

here too: http://www.playbill.com/news/article/126076.html

aw. well i'm glad i saw her when i did. she was good.

Ah damn. I saw her in Chicago in a 40-seat room about 10 years ago. Fantastic show.

http://www.dustygroove.com/images/products/d/dearie_blos_blossomde_103b.jpg

Oh wow RIP. She was probably my favorite vocal jazz singer.

RIP. Time to unpack my adjectives.

RIP :( had some of the best album covers too imho
ihttp://www.jazz.com/assets/2007/12/29/albumcoverBlossomDearie-GiveHimTheOoh-La-La.jpg

http://www.jazz.com/assets/2007/12/29/albumcoverBlossomDearie-GiveHimTheOoh-La-La.jpg

You may consider me officially bummed out.

:(

Great jazz singer; classic because she sang several of the "Schoolhouse Rock" songs on Sat. morning ABC television. She OwnzXor "Figure Eight."

― Matt C., Friday, December 20, 2002 7:50 PM (6 years ago) Bookmark

dang, is there going to be one week this year where there isn't a bummer music RIP?

She had style.

she was hip. RIP.

Beyond her style and her hip, you know what was great about Blossom Dearie as a singer? She didn't act out the songs and she didn't emote; she sang like a typeface delivering the lyrics instead of pretending that what she was describing was happening to her. (Leonard Cohen is the other pro at this.) I would like American musicals if the actors in them delivered a song like Blossom Dearie did.

Did Bill Evans learn chord voicings from Blossom?

Listening to her right now, OTM on the "typeface" comment above. Surprised at the enthusiasm for the Verve albums, tho... The Daffodil albums are where it is.

Most of the Daffodil stuff is out of print no? I can't really find any of it, legally or illegally. I know Dusty Groove did once carry Daffodil's greatest hits and there have been a bunch of things that have turned up on ebay, but slim pickings for sure.

Still think all the Verve albums are classic though.

yeah, i keep finding more of those daffodil albums and i keep enjoying the hell out of them. they tend to be expensive on the WWW, but if you can find them in meatspace they are typically priced cheap... in my experience.

there's some blog, that i can't be arsed to find right now, that posted a half dozen of her daffodil albums in lossless FLAC format. some of which have not very nuanced but completely enjoyable synth arrangements.

Damn seems like that blog has been taken down.

My man Thomas has all those Daffodil things, I am making this a project

Looks like her website (blossomdearie.com) has been updated, and her family/estate has set up an Amazon store where you can buy a lot of the Daffodil records. I'm excited to check this stuff out.

She is awesome. hi Michael!!!! Long time...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ANhLSM9gtz8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANhLSM9gtz8

Just learned that she sang on this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICNhZMimZjk

The FB page for her is quite active. Post today about the anniversary of the passing of one of her songwriter pals Bob Haymes, as well as stuff about her and Michel Legrand.

Looks like her website (blossomdearie.com) has been updated, and her family/estate has set up an Amazon store where you can buy a lot of the Daffodil records. I'm excited to check this stuff out.

― Michael F Gill, Saturday, November 13, 2010 3:03 PM

Just wanted to revive this to say that her website is indeed still up and running and extremely cheap. For $13 (postage paid), we just got the double CD Blossom's Own Treasures. It arrived in the mail today and it kicks off disc one with the entirety of Blossom Dearie Sings, which is a very pleasant reminder that it's Andy's favorite work of hers. So many beautiful songs. Things like 'Sunday Afternoon' and 'Home' are the kind of music that feels like a perfectly cooled glass of water on a hot day — just as refreshing as they are vital.

Also the guy that runs the site seems very cool; he kind of took a long time with our order, so he threw in a free CD, completely without solicitation. Haven't played it yet, but am expecting a fun listen.

I adore her 57-61 work, got it all on a cheap 3CD set a couple of years ago.

nice

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jul/10/blossom-dearie-jazz-singer-with-the-little-voice-and-vast-talent

awesome. I like that she gets a random shout out in a Gilmore girls scene, seemingly just for the sake of namedropping.

LORELAI: You're playing different music.

EMILY: Hmm?

LORELAI: The music -- it's different. Some chick is singing.

EMILY: It's Blossom Dearie. You don't like it?

LORELAI: No, I like it fine. You've just never played it. You and Dad always play classical music.

EMILY: We just thought we'd try something new tonight.

LORELAI: We?

EMILY: He's out of town, but you know what I mean. We talked about changing the music. So when will you be done with your final tomorrow?

Forgot about that. Amy Sherman-Palladino's since used The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as an even bigger Blossom Dearie showcase.

I haven’t seen it, but I’m not surprised at all to hear that!

Saw her at Danny's Skylight Room sometime in her last few years there. She was delightful.

Just noticed that article and came to post.

Never saaw her myself but did see her friends Annie Ross and Georgie Fame on separate occasions. Trying to remember the name of the vocal group she was part of in Paris. Looks like Les Blue Stars.

Saw Bob Dorough too.

But of course I love Blossom too.