Blossom Dearie: slight of sound, full of expression
She of the childlike voice, named after the pear blossoms brought to her on the day of her birth, would have been 100 years old today
Source: jazzjournal.co.uk
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The Many Worlds Of David Amram - Jazz Journal
The American polymath was in and out of classical music, jazz, pop and poetry decades before publicists developed the genre-busting tic
Source: jazzjournal.co.uk
Helen Merrill with the Clifford Brown Sextet: What's New?
Quincy Jones thought the treatment of What's New on Merrill's 1954 LP produced perhaps the most stimulating version ever
Source: jazzjournal.co.uk
'She floored me. I was in shock': Blossom Dearie, the jazz singer with the diminutive voice and vast talent | Music
A new box set explores how the American singer – now beloved of Kylie and more – was embraced by swinging London. Those who knew her recall a star who gently trod her own path
Source: theguardian.com