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Margrethe Blossom Dearie [1] [a] [2] (April 28, 1924 – February 7, 2009) was an American jazz singer and pianist. [3] She had a recognizably light and girlish voice. [4] [5] [2] [3] Dearie performed regular engagements in London and New York City over many years [4] [2] and collaborated with many musicians, including Johnny Mercer, Miles Davis, [3] [6] Jack Segal, Johnny Mandel, Duncan ...
Oct 4, 2024 · Recap: Blossom Dearie. Another artist in danger of being overlooked with the passing of time, Blossom Dearie never really received the recognition that her considerable talent deserved. Often considered a musician’s musician, Blossom Dearie sang with a highly distinctive treble voice often described as small or child-like.
Feb 13, 2009 · Blossom Dearie was a sort of jazz Noël Coward. She was a gifted composer and lyricist who was adept at accompanying herself with delicate Bebop piano – a lightness which extended to her vocal ...
Jazz Vocalist and Pianist Blossom Dearie, her real name, was born in the little village of East Durham, in the Catskill Mountains of New York state. Her older brothers heralded her arrival by filling the house with pear blossoms, and she was named Blossom Margrethe (after her mother)Dearie. She was proudly of Scottish (Dearie) and Norwegian ...
Apr 28, 2024 · April 28, 2024. By. Richard Havers. Cover: Courtesy of Verve Records. She was born Margrethe Blossom Dearie in East Durham, near Albany in upstate New York in 1924, and with a name like hers it ...
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Jul 10, 2023 · With a name akin to a character from Roald Dahl’s stories and an equally naive singing voice some labelled as childish, Blossom Dearie hardly exuded star quality. “She was definitely not an entertainer,” admits Arlene Corwin, a friend and jazz singing contemporary of Dearie’s in mid-century nightclubs.
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Aug 23, 2023 · 23 Aug 2023. Born in New York state in 1924, Blossom Dearie (yes that’s her real name) bloomed early – she was playing Chopin and Bach at 10 – but her heart was lost to jazz when, after high school, she moved to Manhattan, and into the centre of the jazz scene. By 1952 Dearie was living in Paris, where she met the founder of Verve records ...
