New Blossom Dearie Collection Offers the Joy of Discovery
This set proves that there are no lesser periods in the career of an artist of her stature. She sings so quietly and subtly that, as Truman Capote wrote, a bee could lie sleeping in the palm of her hand and never wake up.
Blossom Dearie
‘Discover Who I Am – The Fontana Years, London (1966-1970)’
Fontana-Mercury Recordings
At the end of “On Broadway,” the first track on the 1966 album “Blossom Time – Blossom Dearie Live at Ronnie Scott’s,” pianist-singer Blossom Dearie addresses the audience, saying in a completely innocent deadpan, “You know my mother doesn’t know I work in nightclubs.” Then there’s a brief pause before the punchline: “She thinks I’m still in jail.”
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