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A Centennial Salute To Johnny Mercer
... How did you meet him? Mr. DAVE FRISHBERG (Composer, singer and pianist): Well, I met him through my friend, Blossom Dearie. I was living in New York at the time, and Blossom called me one night. She says, I'm playing at the Village Gate, the Top of ... Comment?
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... make a figure eight. And if you sing, you would be great if you could achieve the crystal purity of singer Blossom Dearie . Dearie was a well-known jazz artist since the 1940s, but for a generation of Americans, she'll be remembered as the voice of ... Comment?
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... from Brazil's tropicalia movement. Mills sings with child-like charm, recalling the guileless wonder of Blossom Dearie 's annunciation and phrasing. Despite a flatter, slightly oblique attack, Mills' lyrical approach is to soak the words and phrases ... Comment?
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CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Blossom Dearie's Daffodil Records Partners with amazon.com
Blossom Dearie's Daffodil Records has a very full catalog available Amazon.com's webstore service! Rare products like Blossom's 'Positively" LP featuring Grady Tate and Phil Woods, Blossom's 45" single of 'Winchester In Apple Blossom Time" with Ron Carter, Jack Sheldon and the Hollywood strings are available in very limited quantities You will also ... Comment?
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REVIEW: Amy Cervini Quartet at the Lily Pad, Dec. 18, 2009
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... knows where a lyric should fall in the melody and how to turn a syllable. She was especially effective with Blossom Dearie's "Bye Bye Country Boy" and Nellie McKay's "I Wanna Get Married." The former is a kind of standard by an old-school ... Comment?
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This Christmas, the softer side of Mink Stole
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... And she'll be crooning her way through "A Once a Year Miracle," a song recorded by jazz vocalist Blossom Dearie, who died this year at age 84. "They're jazz songs, sort of jazz-swing songs, which is the direction the band is moving in," Stole says. ... Comment?
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... grad who's making waves with her authoritative mix of jazz chops and contemporary pop. (She covers jazzbos Blossom Dearie and Fred Hersch as well as Depeche Mode and the Cardigans.) Cervini celebrates the release of her impressive debut, Lovefool ... Comment?
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PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Hilary Kole Set for West Coast Debut at Catalina Jazz Club
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... critics agree, 'This is the Hilary Kole we've all been waiting for." She's been compared to Anita O'Day and Blossom Dearie. She's been called dreamy, luscious, and a girl in love with songs who is entertaining a growing legion of fans worldwide. And ... Comment?
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Tunes sung with feeling from one jazzy Kat
... of jazz - she has the expressiveness of Billie Holiday, the elegance of Ella Fitzgerald, and the voice of Blossom Dearie. Yet she doesn't merely retread standards. Sure, she likes her Cole Porter, but she and her pianist/arranger, Kevin Lovejoy, ... Comment?
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Imagine the Cure's "Just like Heaven" sung as a Blossom Dearie jazz samba. That's the lead-off single from Austin singer Kat Edmonson 's Take to the Sky , and the justifiable comparison made by no-bullshit critic Jeff Simon. Comment?
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Daryl Sherman: Johnny Mercer A Centennial Tribute
Choosing "I'm Shadowing You" as the opener on Daryl Sherman's fine Centennial Tribute to composer and lyricist Johnny Mercer inevitably recalls Blossom Dearie . Comment?
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Couple behind Clare and the Reasons use honesty and humor as their creative spark
... is often the songs' adhesive. Girlish, elastic, and playful, it conjurs echoes of other little voices, from Blossom Dearie and Claudine Longet to even Maria Muldaur, who was once married to Clare's father, folk-blues legend Geoff Muldaur. After just ... Comment?
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... who took pop standards to new levels of expressions - singers such as Ella Fitzgerald, Nancy Wilson, Blossom Dearie and Sarah Vaughan. The lessons Duhon has learned - from immersing herself in the works of great jazz singers and studying in the jazz ... Comment?
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Schutt brings gentle sound to Halifax gig
... Game led to broader range of sounds than Schutt's debut No Love Lost, from quieter tunes with echoes of Blossom Dearie and Peggy Lee to the dark buzz of Blackout, with the guitar cranked up past jazz levels. 'I'm always working on writ ing what I ... Comment?
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INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Interview: Meredith D'Ambrosio
... sensitivity. Meredith clearly is the last in line of a generation of post-modern songwriters that include Blossom Dearie, Dave Frishberg and Bob Dorough. In Part 5 of my interview series with Meredith, the legendary jazz vocalist talks about the ... Comment?
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Tierney Sutton: Not a Material Girl
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... songs I really liked, because of what they said. One is a brilliant Dave Frishberg song that he wrote with Blossom Dearie , called "Long Daddy Green," which Blossom used to say was about the almighty dollar. But I think it's much more than that. The ... Comment?
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... in this article. By Roy Barnes Published 9/5/2007 Most people who grew up with "Schoolhouse Rock" know Blossom Dearie as the girlie voice who sang "Figure Eight." But for those of us who dug deeper, there was an epiphany of realizing she was one of ... Comment?
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... WUCF-FM 89.9 'Jazz and More' '...The early moves of this set show Gibson to be someone that learned her Blossom Dearie lessons well...an up and comer, still studying with left of center teachers and using interpretive skills as much as vocal skills ... Comment?
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