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| Once Upon A Summertime [SHM-CD Japan] |
| Blossom Dearie |
japán
első megjelenés éve: 1958
36 perc |
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| (2022)
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CD |
| 8.193 Ft
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| 1. | Tea for Two
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| 2. | The Surrey With the Fringe on Top
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| 3. | Moonlight Saving Time
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| 4. | It Amazes Me
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| 5. | If I Were a Bell
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| 6. | We're Together
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| 7. | Teach Me Tonight
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| 8. | Once upon a Summertime
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| 9. | Down With Love
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| 10. | Manhattan
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| 11. | Doop-Doo-De-Doop (A Doodlin' Song)
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| 12. | Love Is Here to Stay
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Jazz / Vocal, Standards, Vocal Jazz
Recorded September 12 & 13, 1958 in New York
Blossom Dearie Piano, Vocals
Ed Thigpen Drums
Mundell Lowe Guitar
Norman Granz Producer
Ray Brown Bass
Once upon a Summertime is the third in a series of six albums on the Verve label for Norman Granz in the late Fifties and early Sixties. . . of which I'm very proud. Five of them were recorded at Nola Studios on West 57th Street under the technical supervision of Tom Nola, a rather short man but a giant engineer. The volumes of fantastic music recorded there (under his personal thumbs) are staggering to say the least! The studios and halls were filled with musicians coming and going twenty-four hours a day, and one could bump into Dizzy Gillespie or Charlie Parker or Gerry Mulligan and find out what was happening on the scene - which was plenty! It was a time when sessions, jazz clubs, and recordings seemed to go on nonstop.
Norman Granz called and asked me to make another album with Tom. He had Ray Brown playing bass, Mundell Lowe playing guitar, and Ed Thigpen playing drums. I could pick the songs and write the arrangements. How could a girl go wrong? So, by twisting my arm a few times he seemed to persuade me to go ahead with it. . . even though I resisited stubbornly.
The Session
Vocalist Blossom Dearie's Summetime is a low-key collection of chamber-jazz arranged for a small trio. Working with guitarist Mundell Lowe, bassist Ray Brown, and drummer Ed Thigpen, Dearie sings the material with a gentle conviction; she may never sound passionate, but she never sounds like she doesn't care. The result is a pleasant record, that might never be a compelling listen, but it's never a bad one. ~ Thom Owens, All Music Guide
Blossom Dearie
Active Decades: '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Apr 28, 1926 in East Durham, NY
Died: Feb 07, 2009 in New York, NY
Genre: Vocal
A distinctive, girlish voice, crisp, impeccable delivery, and an irrepressible sense of playful swing made Blossom Dearie one of the most enjoyable singers of the vocal era. Her warmth and sparkle ensured that she'd never treat standards as the well-worn songs they often appeared in less capable hands. And though her reputation was made on record with a string of excellent albums for Verve during the '50s, she remained a draw with Manhattan cabaret audiences long into the new millennium.
Actually born with the name Blossom Dearie in the New York Catskills, she began playing piano at an early age and studied classical music before making the switch to jazz while in high school. After graduation, she moved to New York and began appearing with vocal groups like the Blue Flames (attached to Woody Herman) and the Blue Reys (with Alvino Rey). She also played cocktail piano around the city, and moved to Paris in 1952 to form her own group, the Blue Stars of France. Dearie also appeared in a nightclub act with Annie Ross, and made a short, uncredited appearance on King Pleasure's vocalese classic, "Moody's Mood for Love." She recorded an obscure album of piano solos, and in 1954, the Blue Stars hit the national charts with a French version of "Lullaby of Birdland."
After hearing Dearie perform in Paris in 1956, Norman Granz signed her to Verve and she returned to America by the end of the year. Her eponymous debut for Verve featured a set of standards that slanted traditional pop back to its roots in Tin Pan Alley, Broadway, and cabaret. Her focus on intimate readings of standards ("Deed I Do," "Thou Swell") and the relaxed trio setting (bassist Ray Brown and drummer Jo Jones, plus Dearie on piano) drew nods to her cabaret background.
On her next few records, Dearie stuck to her focus on standards and small groups, though her gift for songwriting emerged as well with songs like "Blossom's Blues." She performed in solo settings at supper clubs all over New York, and appeared on the more cultured of the late-'50s New York talk shows. Her husband, flutist Bobby Jaspar, made several appearances on her records, notably 1959's My Gentleman Friend. After a recording break in the early '60s, Blossom Dearie signed to Capitol for one album (1964's May I Come In?), but then recorded sparingly during the rest of the decade.
Finally, in the early '70s, she formed her own Daffodil Records label and began releasing her own work, including 1974's Blossom Dearie Sings and the following year's My Favorite Celebrity Is You. She also performed at Carnegie Hall with Anita O'Day and Joe Williams, billed as the Jazz Singers. She continued to perform and record during the 1980s through to the early 2000s, centered mostly in New York but also a regular attraction in London as well. She retired from playing live in 2006 due to health concerns and died quietly in her Greenwich Village apartment on February 7, 2009.
---John Bush, All Music Guide |
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