BLOSSOM DEARIE – Blossom Dearie (2022 Repress) – LP – Vinyl

LP – Black Vinyl

Blossom Dearie was part of the NYC beboppers scene that often gathered at Gil Evans apartment, was in the social circle that began developing Birth of the Cool and at the same time was a fixture in the Jazz clubs of the 1940s.

The legendary jazz producer and founder of Verve, Norman Granz, heard Blossom singing in Paris and offered her a contract. She returned to New York to record her debut album produced by Norman Granz in 1956. The LP spotlights Blossom as a chanteuse and pianist.

Miles Davis once said, she was the only white woman who had soul, while Bill Evans noted her playing really knocked him out.

Tracklist:

Side One

1. ‘deed I Do
2. Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be)
3. Everything I’ve Got
4. Comment Allez Vous
5. More Than You Know
6. Thou Swell
7. It Might As Well Be Spring
8. They Say It’s Spring
Side Two

1. Tout Doucement
2. You For Me
3. Now At
4. I Hear Music
5. Wait Till You See Her
6. I Won’t Dance
7. A Fine Spring Morning
8. Blossom’s Blues