Blossom Dearie (album)


Blossom Dearie is an album by Blossom Dearie that was recorded in 1956 and released in 1957. It was her first recording for Verve.

Background

Dearie recorded for the Barclay label in 1955 and 1956. This eponymous album was her next recording as a leader.

Reception

In a positive retrospective review written for the CD release, AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow praises Dearie's voice, writing its "sincerity and sense of swing wins one over after a few songs" and her "piano playing is first class".
In 2019, record club Vinyl Me, Please. reissued the album on vinyl. This was the first time the album was re-issued onto vinyl in the United States since its release.

Track listings

  1. "'Deed I Do" – 2:11
  2. "Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?)" – 2:45
  3. "Ev'rything I've Got" – 2:27
  4. "Comment allez-vous" – 2:10
  5. "More Than You Know" – 3:25
  6. "Thou Swell" – 2:59
  7. "It Might as Well Be Spring" – 3:09
  8. "Tout doucement" – 2:21
  9. "You for Me" – 2:13
  10. "Now at Last" – 3:20
  11. "I Hear Music" – 2:05
  12. "Wait Till You See Her" – 3:19
  13. "I Won't Dance" – 2:44
  14. "A Fine Spring Morning" – 3:04
CD reissue bonus tracks not included on the original 1957 release
  1. "They Say It's Spring" – 3:22
  2. "Johnny One Note" – 2:10
  3. "Blossom's Blues" – 3:09

Personnel