BLOSSOM DEARIE
(April 28, 1924 - February 7, 2009)
Major Engagements:
Show Spot, N.Y.C. (1950)
Chantilly, N.Y.C. (1950)
Embassy Club, London (1952)
Mars Club, Paris (1952)
Club De Paris, Paris (1952)
Upstairs At The Downstairs, N.Y.C. (1957)
The Blue Angel (late 1950s)
Downstairs At The Upstairs, N.Y.C. (1ate 1950s)
Village Vanguard, N.Y.C. (1ate 1950s)
Village Versailles, N.Y.C. (1ate 1950s - early 1960s)
Ye Little Club, Beverly Hills, CA (c. 1960)
Village Gate, N.Y.C. (early 1960s)
Village Vanguard, N.Y.C. (early 1960s)
Ronnie Scott’s, London (1966-1967)
Reno Sweeney’s, N.Y.C. (1979)
Michael’s Pub, N.Y.C. (1981)
The Ballroom, N.Y.C. (c. 1983-1987)
Pizza On The Park, London (late 1980s)
Australia (1994)
Danny’s Skylight Room (late 1990s-2007)
1948
78/Sitting In With 508 (Blossom Dearie, Dave Lambert, and Buddy Stewart, vocals, with Al Haig, piano; Bennie Green, trombone; Allen Eager, tenor saxophone; Clyde Lombardi, bass; Charlie Perry, drums) (Deedle [Static]) [reissued on Al Haig Meets The Master Saxes, Vol. 2, Spotlite SPJ 140]
Recorded: May 1948 in N.Y.C.
1949
78/Harry Lim HL 2 (Blossom Dearie and Jimmy Raney, vocals, with Stan Getz, tenor saxophone; Al Haig, piano; Kai Winding, trombone; Tommy Potter, bass; and Roy Haynes, drums) (Be Still TV; Short P, Not LP) [reissued on Little Jazz Bird, CD/El/Cherry Red ACMEM 182CD]
Note: Recorded on July 28, 1949 in N.Y.C.
1952
78/Prestige 924 (King Pleasure and Blossom Dearie, vocals, with Leonard Gaskin, bass; Teddy Lee, drums; Teacho Wiltshire, piano; Lem Davis, alto saxophone; Cecil Payne, baritone saxophone; Ray Abrams, tenor saxophone; and Merril Stepter, trumpet) (“Moody’s Mood For Love” aka “I’m In The Mood For Love”) [reissued on Teach Me Tonight, El Records ACMEM 167CD]Singin’ And Swingin’, Regent MG 6031 (Annie Ross with Blossom Dearie, piano; Milt Jackson, vibraphone; Percy Heath, bass; and Kenny Clarke, drums) [reissued on Twisted, CD/Jasmine JASCD 481]
Note: Recorded on February 19, 1952 in N.Y.C.
1955
78/Mercury 70742 (The Blue Stars of France with Blossom Dearie, vocal; Fats Sadi, vocal and vibraphone; Christian Chevallier, vocal and piano; Roger Guerin, vocal and trumpet; Jean Mercadier, vocal, alto saxophone, and clarinet; Christiane Legrand, vocal, Jeanine De Waleyne, vocal, and Nadine Young, vocal, with either a Big Band conducted by Christian Chevallier, a combo, or by a rhythm section) (Lullaby Of Birdland; That's My Girl) [also 45/Mercury 70742X45; reissued on Lullaby Of Birdland And Other Famous Hits, CD/Mercury 4124; The Pianist: Les Blue Stars, CD/Universal 64784]Jazz Sweet, 10”/Barclay 88 001 (Blossom Dearie, piano, with Herman Garst, double bass, and Bernard Planchenault, drums) [reissued on The Pianist: Les Blue Stars, CD/Universal 64784]
Note: Recorded in November 1954 in Paris.
Tracks: The Continental; The Boy Next Door; They Can’t Take That Away From Me; (There Ought To Be A) Moonlight Saving Time; The Surrey With The Fringe On Top; April In Paris; Blue Moon; Down In The Depths Of The 90th Floor
Note: Recorded in Paris.
1956
Lullaby Of Birdland And Other Famous Hits, Emarcy (M) MG 36067 (The Blue Stars of France with Blossom Dearie, vocal; Fats Sadi, vocal and vibraphone; Christian Chevallier, vocal; Roger Guerin, vocal and trumpet; Jean Mercadier, vocal; Christiane Legrand, vocal, Jeanine De Waleyne, vocal, and Nadine Young, vocal with either a Big Band conducted by Christian Chevallier, a combo, or by a rhythm section) [reissued on CD/Mercury 4124]
Tracks: Tout Bas (Speak Low); Gina; Plus Je T’Embrasse (Heart Of My Heart); Les Lavandieres Du Portugal (The Portuguese Washerwoman); Mister L’Amour (Mister Sandman); En 1920 (In 1920); Embrasse Moi Bien (Hold Me Close); Lettre A Virginie (Letter To Virginia); La Danse Du Baiser (The Kissing Dance); Mambo Italiano
Note: “Tout Bas” “Les Lavandieres Du Portugal,” “En 1920,” “Embrasse Moi Bien,” “Lettre A Virginie,” and “Mambo Italiano” were recorded between late December 1955 and early January 1956 in Paris. “Kiki” was also recorded during these sessions but remains unreleased. The remaining tracks were recorded on February 21, 1956 in Paris. This album also includes “Lullaby Of Birdland” and “Toute Ma Joie” which were recorded in November 1954 and were previously released on a single in 1955 as noted above.
45EP/Barclay 74017 (Blossom Dearie, piano and voice, with Bobby Jaspar, flute; Benoit Quersin, bass; and Christian Garros, drums) [reissued on The Adorable Blossom Dearie, CD/El Records ACMEM 129CD]
Tracks: Old Devil Moon; Autumn In New York; Flamingo; There Will Never Be Another You
Note: Recorded on January 16, 1956 in Paris.
Les Blue Stars 3, 45EP/Barclay 70026 (Les Blue Stars with Blossom Dearie, vocal; Christiane Legrand, vocal; Janine De Waleyne, vocal; Nadine Young, vocal; Christian Chevallier, vocal; Bob Martin, vocal; Fats Sadi, vocal and vibraphone; Jean Mercadier, vocal; Roger Guerin, vocal and trumpet; with unidentified accompaniment except as noted)
Les Blue Stars 4, 45EP/Barclay 70 027 (Les Blue Stars with Blossom Dearie, vocal, Christian Chevalier, vocal; Christiane Legrand, vocal; Fats Sadi, vocal and vibraphone; Jeannine De Waleyne, vocal; Jean Mercadier, vocal; Nadine Young, vocal; and Roger Guerin, vocal and trumpet, with either a Big Band conducted by Christian Chevallier, a combo, or by a rhythm section) [reissued on Pardon My English/Henri Salvador Plays The Blues, CD/Universal 0130352]Tracks: J’Apprendrai (with Jean Mercadier and His Orchestra); Cha-Cha-Cha De Bahia; Aime-Moi
Note: Recorded in early 1956 in Paris.
45/Barclay **** ((The Blue Stars of France with Blossom Dearie, vocal; Fats Sadi, vocal and vibraphone; Christian Chevallier, vocal; Roger Guerin, vocal and trumpet; Jean Mercadier, vocal; Christiane Legrand, vocal, Jeanine De Waleyne, vocal, and Nadine Young, vocal with either a Big Band conducted by Christian Chevallier, a combo, or by a rhythm section)
Tracks: Cherokee; Déjà (All At Once)
Note: Recorded on April 10, 1956 in Paris. Although it is believed that these two recordings were released by Barclay as either a 78 rpm or 45 rpm single, I have not been able to confirm this fact. A recording of “Only Strangers” was also made on this date but has not been released to date.
Tracks: Jumpin’ At The Woodside; C’est La Vie; Broadway At Basin Street; Grapevine
Note: Recorded in May 1956 in Paris.
78/Mercury 70924 (Les Blue Stars with Blossom Dearie, vocal, Christian Chevalier, vocal; Christiane Legrand, vocal; Fats Sadi, vocal and vibraphone; Jeannine De Waleyne, vocal; Jean Mercadier, vocal; Nadine Young, vocal; and Roger Guerin, vocal and trumpet, with either a Big Band conducted by Christian Chevallier, a combo, or by a rhythm section) [also 45/Mercury 70924X45]
Track: Hernando’s Hideaway (Amour, Castagnettes et Tango)
Note: Recorded between late December 1955 and early January 1956 in Paris. The flip side contains “Jumpin’ At The Woodside” from the May 1956 session.
Tracks: ‘Deed I Do; Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be); Everything I’ve Got; Comment Allez Vous (without guitar); More Than You Know; Thou Swell; It Might As Well Be Spring (without guitar); Tout Doucement; You For Me; Now At Last; I Hear Music; Wait Till You See Her; I Won’t Dance; A Fine Spring Morning1957
Note: Recorded on September 11-12, 1956 in N.Y.C. The CD reissue includes “They Say It’s Spring” and “Johnny One Note” with the above personnel and “Blossom’s Blues” (with Kenny Burrell, guitar; Ray Brown, bass; and Ed Thigpen, drums, recorded on April 8 or 9, 1959).
Give Him The Ooh-La-La, Verve (M) MG V-2081 (Blossom Dearie, piano and voice, with Herb Ellis, guitar, Ray Brown, bass, and Jo Jones, drums) [reissued on CD/Verve 314 517067]
Tracks: Just One Of Those Things; Like Someone In Love; Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea; They Say It’s Spring; Try Your Wings; Bang Goes The Drum (And You’re In Love); The Riviera; The Middle Of Love; Plus Je T’Embrasse; Give Him The Ooh-La-La; Let Me Love You; Walk A Little Faster
Note: Recorded on December 12-13, 1957 in N.Y.C. The CD reissue includes two alternate tracks of “Give Him The Ooh-La-La.”
1958
Once
Upon A Summertime, Verve (S) MG VS-6020 (Blossom Dearie,
piano and voice, Mundell Lowe, guitar, Ray Brown, bass, and
Ed Thigpen, drums) [reissued on CD/Verve 314 517 223-2
Tracks: Tea For Two; Surrey With The Fringe On Top; Moonlight Saving Time; It Amazes Me; If I Were A Bell; We’re Together; Teach Me Tonight; Once Upon A Summertime; Down With Love; Manhattan; Doop-Doo-De-Doop (A Doodlin’ Song); Our Love Is Here To Stay
Note: Recorded September 12-13, 1958, N.Y.C.
1959
Blossom Dearie Sings Comden And Green, Verve (S) MG VS-6050 (Blossom Dearie, piano and voice, with Kenny Burrell, guitar, Ray Brown, bass, and Ed Thigpen, drums) [reissued as CD/Verve 314 589 102-2]
Tracks: Lucky To Be Me; Just In Time; Some Other Time; Dance Only With Me; I Like Myself; The Party’s Over; How Will He Know; It’s Love; Hold Me, Hold Me, Hold Me; Lonely Town
Note: Recorded on April 8-9, 1959, N.Y.C.
Tracks: Little Jazz Bird; Gentleman Friend; It’s Too Good To Talk About Now; Chez Moi; You Fascinate Me So; You’ve Something I Want; Boum; L’Etang; Hello Love; Someone To Watch Over Me
Note: Recorded May 21-22, 1959, N.Y.C.
1960
Blossom Dearie, Soubrette Sings Broadway Hit Songs, Verve (S) MG VS-6139 (Blossom Dearie, piano and voice, with orchestra conducted by Russ Garcia) [reissued as CD/Verve MG VS-62133]
Tracks: Guys And Dolls; Confession; Rhode Island Is Famous For You; To Keep My Love Alive; Too Good For The Average Man; The Gentleman Is A Dope; Always True To You In My Fashion; Napoleon; Life Upon The Wicked Stage; The Physician; Love Is The Reason; Buckle Down, Winsocki
Note: Recorded on February 19 and 22, 1960, Los Angeles, CA.
1962
7”/A&R 2293 (Blossom Dearie, piano and vocal, with Ernie Royal, trumpet; Jim Hall, guitar; Eddie DeHaas, bass; Frank Gant, drums) (Meet Blossom Dearie (interviews and jingle excerpts); The Rootin’ Theme)
1963
Blossom Dearie Sings Rootin’ Songs, Hires Root Beer (Blossom Dearie with Joe Harnell, piano; Dick Romoff, bass; Ted Sommer, drums; and Jerome Richardson, flute and tenor saxophone) [reissued on CD/DIW 32DIW-311CD]
Tracks: Days Of Wine And Roses; I Left My Heart In San Francisco; I Wanna Be Around; The Sweetest Sounds; The Good Life; Lazy, Crazy Days Of Summer; Desafinade; Our Day Will Come; Fly Me To The Moon; I’ve Got Your Number; What Kind Of Fool Am I?; He Loves Me
1964
May I Come In?, Capitol (S) ST-2086 (Blossome Dearie with orchestra conducted by Jack Marshall) [reissued as CD/Blue Note 95449]
1965Tracks: Something Happens To Me; (I’m) In Love Again; When Sunny Gets Blue; Quiet Nights (Corcovado); Don’t Wait Too Long; I Wish You Love; Charade; May I Come In?; I’m Old Fashioned; Love Is A Necessary Evil; The Best Is Yet To Come; Put On A Happy Face
A Look At Yesterday, Mainstream (M) 56025 (Blossom Dearie, Dave Lambert, and Buddy Stewart, vocals, with Al Haig, piano; Bennie Green, trombone; Allen Eager, tenor saxophone; Clyde Lombardi, bass; Charlie Perry, drums)
1966Track: In The Merry Land Of Bop
Note: Recorded in May 1948 in N.Y.C. but this is evidently the first release.
Blossom Time At Ronnie Scott’s, Fontana (S) STL 5350 (Blossom Dearie, piano and voice, with Jeff Clyne, bass, and Johnny Butts, drums) [reissued on CD/Verve 5586832]
Tracks: On Broadway; When The World Was Young; When In Rome; The Shadow Of Your Smile; Everything I’ve Got Belongs To You; Once Upon A Summertime; I’m Hip; Mad About The Boy; The Shape Of Things; Satin Doll
Note: Recorded live in London.
1967
Sweet Blossom Dearie, Fontana (S) STL5399 (Blossom Dearie, piano and voice, with Freddie Logan, drums, and Alan Ganley, bass) [reissued as CD/Philips UCCU-5505]
Tracks: Let’s Go Where The Grass Is Greener; You Turn Me On Baby; A Sleeping Bee; Sweet Lover No More; Sweet Georgie Fame; That’s No Joke; Peel Me A Grape; One Note Samba; On A Clear Day You Can See Forever; I’ll Only Miss Him When I Think Of Him; Big Cities For Me; You’re Gonna Hear From Me.
Note: Recorded live at Ronnie Scott’s, London.
Soon It’s Gonna Rain, Fontana (S) STL5454 (Blossom Dearie, piano and voice, with accompaniment direct by Reg Guest)
Tracks: A Wonderful Guy; Trains And Boats And Planes; Alfie; Meditation; How Insensitive; Soon It’s Gonna Rain; Sunny; Watch What Happens; I Was Looking For You; Dindi; Once I Loved; The Folks Who Live On The Hill
Note: Recorded in London. “Meditation” and “Dindi” were reissued on Blossom Dearie For Café Apres-Midi, CD/Universal UCCU-1022.
Tracks: It’ll Come To You (with Bobby Short); Dance And Grow Thin (with Bobby Short); Wild About You; I’d Rather Lead A Band (with Dorothy Loudon and Bobby Short)
1968
45/Fontana TF 934 (Blossom Dearie with music direction by Arthur Greenslade) (The Music Played; Discover Who I Am)
1969
Alan Jay Lerner Revisited, Crewe 1337 (Blossom Dearie with musical direction by Norman Paris) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-141]
Tracks: I Love You This Morning (with Chorus); This Is My Holiday (with Roddy McDowall); The Day Before Spring; You’re All The World To Me (with Chorus)
1970
That’s Just The Way I Want To Be, Fontana (S) 6309 015 (Blossom Dearie, piano and voice, with The Ladybirds, backing vocals; Ian Carr, flugelhorn; Jeff Clyne, bass; Harold McNair, flute and tenor saxophone; Daryl Runswick, bass; Ray Warleigh, flute; Spike Wells, drums; Kenny Wheeler, trumpet; and The Hooray String Section) [reissued on CD/Fontana/Universal/Philips 5507]
Tracks: That’s Just The Way I Want To Be; Long Daddy Green; Sweet Surprise; Hey John; Sweet Georgie Fame; Both Sides Now; Dusty Springfield; Will There Really Be A Morning; I Know The Moon; Inside A Silent Tear; Yesterday When I Was Young; I Like London In The Rain
Note: Recorded in London.
Vernon Duke Revisited, Crewe 1342 (Blossom Dearie with musical direction by Norman Paris) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-138]
Tracks: Low And Lazy; Sugarfoot (with Rex Reed and the Keiffer Twins)
Rodgers And Hart Revisited Volume II, Crewe CR 1343 (Blossom
Dearie with musical direction by Norman Paris) [reissued as
CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-139]
Tracks: Any Old Place With You (with Bobby Short, Charles Rydell, Bibi Osterwald, and Ensemble); A Tree In The Park (with Charles Rydell); Blue Moon (with Bobby Short); You’re The Cats (with Bobby Short); Disgustingly Rich (with Gloria DeHaven, Dorothy Loudon, Bibi Osterwald, Charles Rydell, and Bobby Short); Can’t You Do A Friend A Favor? (with Charles Rydell); A Lady Must Live (with Bibi Osterwald); I Like To Recognize The Tune (with Bobby Short and Company)
Harold Arlen Revisited, Crewe CR 1345 (Blossom Dearie with
musical direction by Ralph Burns and Dick Hyman) [reissued as
CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-148]
Tracks: What Can You Say In A Love Song (with the Sex-Sationals)
Arthur Schwartz Revisited, Crewe CR 1350 (Blossom Dearie
with musical direction by Norman Paris) [reissued as
CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-137]
Tracks: Blue Grass; There’s No Holding Me (with Charles Rydell); That’s For Children; You And I Know (with Charles Rydell)
c. Early 1970s
DeSylva, Brown & Henderson Revisited Volume I, Painted Smiles PS-1351 (Blossom Dearie with musical direction by Norman Paris) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-144]
Tracks: There I Go Dreaming Again; You Could Make My Life A Bed Of Roses (with Charles Rydell); Tweet, Tweet; I Want To Be Bad; Thank You Father (with Charles Rydell)
Vincent Youmans Revisited, Painted Smiles PS-1352 (Blossom
Dearie with musical direction by Norman Paris and Dick Hyman)
[reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-142]
Tracks: Happy Because I’m In Love; I Want To Be With You (with Charles Rydell); Oh Me, Oh My (with Charles Rydell); Shouldn’t We Be Sweet? (with Dorothy Loudon); Great Day Finale (Dorothy Loudon and Entire Company including Blossom Dearie)
Ira Gershwin Revisited, Painted Smiles PSCD-1353 (Blossom
Dearie with musical direction by Dick Hyman) [reissued as
CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-135]
Tracks: Sunny Disposish; You’re Be Hard To Replace (with Charles Rydell); I Don’t Think I’ll Fall In Love Today (with Charles Rydell); Swing Trot (with Danny Meehan & Company)
Unpublished Cole Porter Volume II, Painted Smiles PS-1358
(Blossom Dearie) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-125]
Tracks: Get Yourself A Girl (Edward Earle and Entire Company including Blossom Dearie); If Ever Married I’m (with Carmen Alvarez, Laura Kenyon, and Alice Playten); Pets (Alice Playten and Entire Company including Blossom Dearie); If You Like Les Belles Pointrines (Alice Playten and Entire Company including Blossom Dearie); I Could Kick Myself (with Carmen Alvarez); Give Us The Land (Edward Earle and Entire Company including Blossom Dearie)
Frank Loesser Revisited, Painted Smiles PS-1359 [reissued as
CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-115]
Tracks: Three Cornered Tune; Snug As A Bug In A Rug; Why Fight The Feeling? (with Johnny Desmond); Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
1973
Multiplication Rock, Capitol (S) SJA-11174 (Blossom Dearie with music direction by Bob Dorough) [reissued on Schoolhouse Rock!, CD/Kid Rhino R2 72455]
Track: Figure Eight
Blossom Dearie Sings, Daffodil (S) BMD 101 (Blossom Dearie, piano and voice) [reissued on Blossom Dearie Sings Blossom’s Own Treasures, CD/Daffodil BMD Vols. XIX & XX]
Tracks: I’m Shadowing You (with Herb Bushler, bass, and Al Harewood); Saving My Feeling For You (with Peter Morgan, bass, and John Webb, drums); Sunday Afternoon (with Peter Morgan, bass, and John Webb, drums); Somebody New (with Peter Morgan, bass, and John Webb, drums); I Like You, You’re Nice; Baby, You’re My Kind (with Peter Morgan, bass and vocal, and John Webb, drums); Home (with Herb Bushler, bass, and Al Harewood, drums); Hey John (with Herb Bushler, bass, and Al Harewood, drums); You Have Lived In Autumn (with Peter Morgan, bass; Martin Kershaw, electric guitar; and Trevor Tomkins, drums); Flame To Fire (with Peter Morgan, bass, and John Webb, drums)
1975
1975: From The Meticulous To The Sublime, Daffodil BMD 102 (Blossom Dearie, piano and voice, with Jim Hughart, bass; John Morell, guitar; and Colin Bailey, drums) [reissued as CD/Daffodil BMD 102CD]Tracks: I’m Hip; Saving My Feeling For You; Sweet Georgie Fame; A Face Like Yours; Hey John; I’m Shadowing You; Many’s The Time; Send In The Clowns; Isn’t It The Thing To Do?; The 59th St. Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy); How Do You Say Auf Wiedersehn?
Note: Recorded in Los Angeles.
Tracks: Lonely Feet (with Alfred Drake); Eleven Levee Street; Toodle-Oo (with Arthur Siegel); When I’ve Got The Moon (with Cab Calloway); That’s Love
My New Celebrity Is You, Daffodil (S) BDM 103 (Blossom Dearie, piano and voice, with Ron Carter, bass; Grade Tate, drums; Jay Berlinger, guitar; George Devins, percussion; Hubert Laws, flute; and Toots Theilemans, harmonica) [reissued as CD/Daffodil BDM 103CD]
Tracks: My New Celebrity Is You; There Ought To Be A Moonlight Saving Time; Smiling Feet; Pretty People; The Christmas Card; You’ll Never Lose The Love You Give To Me; Killing Me Softly With His Song; Who Knows All The Answers?; A Paris; Spring In Manhattan; Unless It’s You; Inside A Silent Tear; Long Daddy Green; Peel Me A Grape; A Song For You; The Pro Musica Antiqua
1977
Winchester In Apple Blossom Time, Daffodil (S) BMD 104 (Blossom Dearie, piano and voice) [reissued on CD/Mastermix CHECD 8]
Tracks: Winchester In Apple Blossom Time (with Ron Carter, bass); Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most; Sunday Afternoon; A Wonderful Guy; Touch The Hand Of Love; Sweet Surprise; You Are There; The Wheelers And Dealers; A Jazz Musician; Surrey With The Fringe On Top; Love Is An Elusive Celebration; Lucky To Be Me; The Riviera; You’re For Loving; The Ballad Of The Shape Of Things; Summer Is Gone (Jimmy’s Gone Home Again); Sammy; It Amazes Me; If I Were A Bell; Winchester In Apple Blossom Time (with Ron Carter, bass)
Note: All tracks recorded in San Francisco except “Winchester In Apple Blossom Time,” which was recorded in N.Y.C. The CD reissue omits the reprise of “Winchester In Apple Blossom Time.” The album was also reissued as CD/Daffodil BMD 104CD, but this release additionally omits the reprise of “Sunday Afternoon.”
1978
Rodgers And Hart Revisited Volume III, Painted Smiles PS-1366 [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-106]
Tracks: We’ll Be The Same (Blossom Dearie with Ken Parks, Jerry Wyatt, John Sloman, Danny Fortas, Jamie Rocco, Bob Riker, Lennie Del Duca, and Robert Polenz); Nothing To Do But Relax (Blossom Dearie with Nancy Grennan, Patti Wyss, Marina MacNeal, and Susan Haska)
Rodgers & Hart Revisited Volume IV, Painted
Smiles PS-1367 (Blossom Dearie) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles
PSCD-126]
Tracks: I Can Do Wonders With You (with Anthony Perkins); Moon Of My Delight; A Twinkle In Your Eye
1979
Needlepoint Magic, Daffodil (S) BMD 105 (Blossom Dearie, piano and voice, with Bill Takus, bass) [reissued as CD/Daffodil 105CD]
Tracks: The Ballad Of The Shape Of Things; Lush Life; When The World Was Young; I’m Hip; Baby, It’s Cold Outside (with Bob Dorough); I Like You, You’re Nice; Sweet Surprise; I’m Shadowing You; Sweet Georgie Fame; Peel Me A Grape; Two Sleepy People (with Bob Dorough)
Note: Recorded live at Reno Sweeney’s in N.Y.C.
Cole Porter Revisited Volume IV, Painted Smiles PS-1371 (Blossom Dearie) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-117]
Track: Ours (with Arthur Siegel)
1980
E.Y. Harburg Revisited, Painted Smiles PS-1372 [reissued on Hold On To Your Hats, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-120]
Track: Poor Whippoorwill
Harold Arlen & Vernon Duke Revisited Volume
II, Painted Smiles PS-1373 (Blossom Dearie) [reissued as
CD/Painted Smiles 127]
Tracks: Such Unusual Weather (with Arthur Siegel); Promise Not To Love Me; Let Him Not Be Beautiful; You Took Me By Surprise
1981
Kurt Weill Revisited Volume II, Painted Smiles PS-1376 (Blossom Dearie) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-109]
1983Track: To Love You And To Love You
Simply, Daffodil (S) BMD 106 (Blossom Dearie,
piano and voice, with Mike Renzi, keyboards; Grady Tate,
drums; Jay Berliner, guitar; and Jay Leonhart, bass)
Tracks: I Never Say Goodbye; I Know My Lines; Sweet Kentucky Ham; Bobby And Me; Answering Machine (with Bob Dorough); Bye-Bye Country Boy; I Told You So; I Have The Feeling I’ve Been Here Before; Just The Way You Are; Bring All Your Love Along (with Bob Dorough)
Note: “I Never Say Goodbye,” “I Know My Lines,” “Bobby And Me,” and “Bring All Your Love Along” were reissued on Blossom’s Own Treasures, CD/BMD Vols. XIX & XX. “Answering Machine,” “Bye-Bye Country Boy,” “I Told You So,” and “Bring All Your Love Along” were reissued on Our Favorite Songs, CD/BMD 117.
Positively, Daffodil (S) BMD 107 (Blossom Dearie, piano and voice, with Mike Renzi, keyboards; Jay Berliner, guitar; Jay Leonhart, bass; and Grady Tate, drums)
Tracks: For People Like You And Me (with Grady Tate, vocal, and Phil Woods, alto saxophone); Lovin’ In The Present Tense (with Phil Woods, alto saxophone); Free Again; You Taught Me Everything I Know (Now Teach Me How To Let You Go); After Me; Yardbird Suite/Medley; Over The Weekend; Sophisticated Lady; Stay And Love My Blues Away; Tell Me Softly
Note: Grady Tate duets with Blossom Dearie on a second track. “For People Like You And Me,” “Lovin’ In The Present Tense,” “You Taught Me Everything I Know (Now Teach Me How To Let You Go),” “After Me,” and “Stay And Love My Blues Away” were reissued on Blossom’s Own Treasures, CD/BMD Vols. XIX & XX. “Yardbird Suite/Medley” and “Sophisticated Lady” were reissued on I’m Hip, CD/Sony 4891232.
1984
Et Tu, Bruce, Daffodil (S) BMD 108 (Blossom Dearie, piano and voice) [reissued on CD/Daffodil BMD 108CD]
Tracks: Hey John; You Have Lived In Autumn; Alice In Wonderland; I Won’t Dance; The Riviera; Someone’s Been Sending Me Flowers; Winchester In Apple Blossom Time; Bruce; Inside A Silent Tear; Satin Doll
Note: Recorded live between April 27-28, 1984 at The Ballroom, N.Y.C.
1985
Chez Wahlberg: Part One, Daffodil (S) BMD 109 (Blossom Dearie,
piano and voice)
Tracks: Only Yesterday; Sad Song Lady; Are You Still In Love With Emily?; Good Morning Darling (What’s Your Name?); You Must Believe In Spring; Round About; Love Dance (with Mark Murphy); We Talked About Charlie; A Small Love Song; The Both Of Us; A Friend Like You; I Wish It Wasn’t Spring; In Your Eyes; The One Who Loves The Most; Olde Tyme Movie Love Affair; Just Being Here (with Mark Murphy)
Note: Recorded in San Francisco. “Round About,” “In Your Eyes,” and “Olde Tyme Movie Love Affair” were reissued on I’m Hip, CD/Sony 4891232. “The One Who Loves The Most” was reissued on Own Treasures, CD/BMD Vols. XIX & XX.
1987
Songs Of Chelsea, Daffodil BMD 110 (Blossom
Dearie, piano and voice, with Bob Cranshaw, double bass, and
Jay Berliner, guitar) [reissued on CD/Daffodil BMD 110CD]
My Attorney Bernie; Everything I’ve Got; C’est Le Printemps; When In Rome; Let The Flowers Grow; My New Celebrity Is You; What Time Is It Now?; You Fascinate Me So; There Ought To Be Moonlight Saving Time; Chelsea Aire
1991
Tweedledum & Tweedledee (Two People Who
Resemble Each Other, In This Case Musically), CD/Daffodil BMD
115CD (Blossom Dearie, piano and voice; Mike Renzi, Fender
Rhodes, percussion, piano, strings, synthesizer drums,
synthesizer strings, and woodwind; Valtinho Anastacio,
percussion; and Tom Spahn, synthesizer)
Tracks: I Don’t Remember; Everybody Loves Jobim; I Thought I Heard A Hummingbird; The Quiet Time; My Love Went To London; I Did It All For You; Not You Again; Blossom; Love is On The Way; A Nightingale Sang In Berkley Square
Note: Recorded in N.Y.C. Jay Berline, guitar, Brian Brake, drums, Jay Leohart, bass, and Grady Tate, drums and vocals, are listed as guest artists.
Christmas Spice So Very Nice, CD/Daffodil BMD 116 (Blossom Dearie, piano and voice, with Mike Renzi, piano and synthesizer; Jay Berliner, guitar; Jay Leonhart, bass and vocals; Tom Spahn, synthesizer; and Grady Tate, drums and vocals)
Tracks: Christmas; Christmas In The City; Our First Christmas; Liz And Ralph And Calvin; A Christmas Love Song; Once A Year Miracle; A Christmas Wish For You; Santa Is Coming Tonight; Christmas Morning
1994
Me And Phil: Live In Australia, CD/EMI 4797392 (Blossom Dearie,
piano and voice, with Phil Scorgie, bass)
Tracks: I Won’t Dance; Everything I’ve Got; Quiet Time; I’m Hip; I Don’t Remember; My Attorney Bernie; Bye Bye Country Boy; Someone’s Been Sending Me Flowers; Bruce; Liz, Ralph And Calvin; I’m Shadowing You; Blossom; Peel Me A Grape; Lush Life; If I Were A Bell; Sweet Georgie Fame
Note: Recorded live in Australia.
1996
Schoolhouse Rock!, CD/Kid Rhino R2 72455 (Blossom Dearie with
music direction by Bob Dorough)
Tracks: Unpack Your Adjectives; Mother Necessity (with Bob Dorough, Essra Mohawk, and Jack Sheldon)
Note: This album also contains Dearie’s “Figure Eight,” which was released in 1973.
2000
Blossom’s Planet, CD/Daffodil BMD 118 (Blossom Dearie, piano and
voice, with Jay Berliner, guitar; Ray Kilday, bass; Cesar
Camargo Mariano, synthesizer; Luis Peralta, drums and
percussion; and Grady Tate, vocals)
Tracks: Bye-Bye Country Boy; Bluesette; Lies Of Handsome Men; The Ladies Who Lunch; Love Dance; I’m Not Alone; La Belle Dame Sans Regrets; Go Away With Me; Make Some Magic; Wave
2002
Live In London, CD/Harkit HRKCD 8055 (Blossom
Dearie, piano and voice, with Allan Ganley,drums, and Freddie
Logan, bass)
Tracks: The Grass Is Greener; I Wish You Love; Watch What Happens; Bright Lights, Big City; On Broadway; Sweet Lover No More; Satin Doll; The Great City; I Only Miss Him When I Think Of Him; Sweet Georgie Fame; That’s No Joke; You’re Gonna Hear From Me; One Note Samba; Peel Me A Grape; The Shadow Of Your Smile; When In Rome (I Do As The Romans)
Note: Recorded live at Ronnie Scott’s, London, in July 1966.
2003
It’s Alright To Be Afraid, CD/Daffodil (Blossom Dearie, piano
and voice)
Track: It’s Alright To Be Afraid
Live In London Volume 2, CD/Harkit HRKCD 8066 (Blossom Dearie, piano and voice, with Johnny Butts, drums, and Jeff Clyne, bass)
Tracks: Introduction By Ronnie Scott; Put On A Happy Face; You Turn Me On Baby; How Do You Say “Auf Wiedersehn”?; On The Street Where You Live; (Ah, The Apple Tree) When The World Was Young; The Best Is Yet To Come; Wallflower Lonely, Cornflower Blue; Everything I Got; Why Did I Choose You?, Quiet Nights (Corcovado); Fine Spring Morning; I’ve Got A Lot Of Livin’ To Do; Once Upon A Summertime; That’s My Style; Mad About The Boy; You Fascinate Me So; Les Tompkins Interview With Blossom Dearie
Note: Recorded live at Ronnie Scott’s, London, in February 1966.
“Peel Me A Grape,”
CD/Banana Republic (Blossom Dearie and Lyle Lovett) (an
in-store giveaway)