Blossom Dearie (album)

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Blossom Dearie is a studio album by Blossom Dearie. It was recorded in 1956 and released in 1957, and was her first recording for Verve Records.

This is Dearie's first American solo album. Already known for the group "Les Blue Stars" of France and their French version of "Lullaby of Birdland", Norman Granz personally invited her to record for Verve Records.

Track listings

"'Deed I Do" (Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose) – 2:11
"Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?)" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman) – 2:45
"Ev'rything I've Got" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 2:27
"Comment allez-vous" (Murray Grand) – 2:10
"More Than You Know" (Edward Eliscu, Rose, Vincent Youmans) – 3:25
"Thou Swell" (Rodgers, Hart) – 2:59
"It Might as Well Be Spring" (Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) (sung in French) – 3:09
"Tout doucement" (Emile Jean Mercadier, Rene Albert Clausier) – 2:21
"You for Me" (Bob Haymes) – 2:13
"Now at Last" (Haymes) – 3:20
"I Hear Music" (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) – 2:05
"Wait Till You See Her" (Rodgers, Hart) – 3:19
"I Won't Dance" (Dorothy Fields, Hammerstein, Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern, Jimmy McHugh) – 2:44
"A Fine Spring Morning" (Haymes) – 3:04

CD reissue bonus tracks not included on the original 1957 release

"They Say It's Spring" (Marty Clark, Haymes) – 3:22
"Johnny One Note" (Rodgers, Hart) – 2:10
"Blossom's Blues" (Blossom Dearie) – 3:09

Personnel

Blossom Dearie – piano, vocals
Herb Ellis – guitar
Ray Brown – double bass
Jo Jones – drums

References

^ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 59. ISBN 0-394-72643-X. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)

[RSJRG-1] Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 59. ISBN 0-394-72643-X. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)

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