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UK release. New Yorker journalist Whitney Balliett once wrote that her tiny wisp of a voice "would scarcely reach the second story of a doll's house", while jazz critic Leonard Feather described it as "a voice in a million". Blossom Dearie pursued a singular career that blurred the line between jazz and cabaret; her little girl style rich with hidden sensuality; her interpretations full of sensitivity and wit. Many of her beloved recordings - The Verve album, Jazz Sweet, the EP with Bobby Jaspar, The Blue Stars recordings and the early sessions - are included in this 3 CD box set presentation along with The Perfect Sound - The Jazz Flute of Bobby Jaspar, which includes some of his most sublime performances in recordings with the trombonist J. J Johnson, pianist Hank Jones, vibraphonists Milt Jackson, Michel Hausser and John Rae; with trumpeter Donald Byrd, guitarists Barry Galbraith, Sacha Distel and fellow Belgian Rene Thomas, the vocalist Helen Merrill with Bill Evans, and finally three finely sculpted tracks accompanying Blossom on her 1959 album, My Gentleman Friend.
TracksCredits
- Disc 1 -
1 Old Devil Moon
2 Autumn in New York
3 Flamingo
4 There Will Never Be Another You
5 The Continental
6 The Boy Next Door
7 They Can't Take That Away from Me
8 Moonlight Saving Time
9 The Surrey with the Fringe on Top
10 April in Paris
11 Blue Moon
12 Down in the Depths of the 90th Floor
13 Légende Du Pays Aux Oiseaux (Lullaby of Birdland)
14 Tout Bas (Speak Low)
15 Gina
16 Plus Je T'embrasse (Heart of My Heart)
17 Toute Ma Joie (That's My Girl)
18 Les Lavandières Du Portugal (The Portuguese Washerwoman)
19 Mister L'amour (Mister Sandman)
20 En 1920 (In 1920)
21 Embrasse Moi Bien (Hold Me Close)
22 Lettre À Virginie
23 La Danse Du Baiser (The Kissing Dance)
24 Mambo Italiano
25 Jumpin' at the Woodside
26 C'est la Vie
27 Broadway at Basin Street
28 Grapevine
29 Move
- Disc 2 -
1 Deed I Do
2 Lover Man
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 Tout Doucement
9 You for Me
10 Now at Last
11 I Hear Music
12 Wait Till You See Her
13 I Won't Dance
14 A Fine Spring Morning
15 They Say It's Spring
16 Johnny One Note
17 The Surrey with the Fringe on Top
18 Cherokee
19 All at Once
20 In the Merry Land of Bop
21 Hot Halavah
22 Be Still TV
23 Short P, Not LP
24 The Way You Look Tonight
25 I'm Beginning to Think You Care
26 Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
27 Everytime
28 I'm in the Mood for Love
- Disc 3 -
1 It Might As Well Be Spring - the J.J. Johnson Quintet
2 Moonlight Becomes You - Hank Jones Quartet
3 Tutti Frutti - Bobby Jaspar Quintet
4 In a Little Provincial Town - Bobby Jaspar Quintet
5 Bags New Groove - Milt Jackson
6 Stop and Go - Bobby Jaspar-Sacha Distel Quintet
7 Bull Market - Barry Galbraith
8 Nina Never Knew - Barry Galbraith
9 A Gal in Calico - Barry Galbraith
10 I Like to Recognise the Tune - Barry Galbraith
11 When the Sun Comes Out - Helen Merrill
12 Flute Blues - Donald Byrd
13 Phenil Isopropil Amine - Bobby Jaspar
14 Chez Moi - Blossom Dearie & Bobby Jaspar
15 Boum - Blossom Dearie & Bobby Jaspar
16 L'etang - Blossom Dearie & Bobby Jaspar
17 Ah-Leu-Cha - John Rae
18 Hannie's Dream - Rene Thomas-Bobby Jasper Quintet
19 Bernie's Taste - Rene Thomas-Bobby Jasper Quintet
