Blossom Dearie - for Cafe Apres-midi REPOST (2003)
Blossom Dearie - for Cafe Apres-midi
Jazz Singer | mp3 320 Kbps | 183 MB
Universal 2003
Jazz Singer | mp3 320 Kbps | 183 MB
Universal 2003
This edition of the wonderful Café Après-midi series is the most nuanced and sympathetic overview of the singer's career – although most retrospectives focus almost solely on Dearie's piano-trio records for Verve, here compiler Toru Hashimoto draws largely on the more robust, orchestral sessions from later in her recording career, leading off with no fewer than ten of 12 tracks from her 1969 Fontana masterpiece That's Just the Way I Want to Be. The 29 performances assembled here illuminate the full breadth of Dearie's talent – for a singer with such a distinctively girlish, refined style, she was remarkably soulful as well, deftly navigating the twists and turns of songs like "I Like London in the Rain" as well as bossa nova compositions like the beautiful "Meditation" and "One Note Samba." Because much of the material featured on Blossom Dearie for Café Après-midi originates from the singer's scarcest LPs, the songs are perfectly selected and paced, and the mastering is impeccable. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi01. Long Daddy Green
02. Dusty Springfield
03. I Know The Moon
04. Yesterday When I Was Young
05. Will There Really Be A Morning
06. Inside A Silent Tear
07. Hey John
08. Sweet George Fame
09. Sweet Suprise
10. I Like London In The Rain
11. Meditation
12. Dindi
13. Sweet Lover No More
14. One Note Samba
15. I'm Hip
16. The Shape Of Things
17. Tea For Two
18. Doop-Doo-De-Doop (A Doodlin' Song)
19. Moonlight Saving Time
20. Bang Goes The Drum (And You're In Love)
21. The Middle Of Love
22. Plus Je T'embrasse
23. Give Him The Ooh La La
24. Guy's And Dolls
25. Rhode Island Is Famous For You
26. Boum
27. Everything I've Got
28. I Hear Music
29. Tout Doucement