Blossom Dearie - Teach Me Tonight

Title: Teach Me Tonight Artist: Blossom Dearie Release Date: 3/3/2009 Label: Él Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPC: 5013929316737 Genre: Vocal Music Style: Vocal Jazz Moods: Cheerful, Delicate, Springlike, Sweet, Poignant, Refined/Mannered, Sophisticated, Stylish, Wistful, Calm/Peaceful, Earnest, Elegant, Intimate, Plaintive, Reflective, Soothing, Gentle, Sensual Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 2 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Tea for Two
2. The Surrey with the Fringe on Top
3. Moonlight Saving Time
4. It Amazes Me
5. If I Were a Bell
6. We're Together
7. Teach Me Tonight
8. Once Upon a Summertime
9. Down with Love
10. Manhattan
11. Doop-Doo-De-Doop (A Doodlin' Song)
12. Our Love Is Here to Stay
13. Just One of Those Things
14. Like Someone in Love
15. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
16. They Say It's Spring
17. Try Your Wings
18. Bang Goes the Drum (And You're in Love)
19. The Riviera
20. The Middle of Love
21. Plus Je T'Embrasse
22. Give Him the Ooh-La-La
23. Let Me Love You
24. I Walk a Little Faster
25. I'm in the Mood for Love

Year Type Label Catalog # 2009 CD Él 167

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Aside from the music-loving Japanese, few countries have been up to the task of compiling the irrepressible Blossom Dearie. The British él label, however, offered a wonderful 2009 collection titled Teach Me Tonight that, while not the perfect first choice, offers an excellent companion to her self-titled 1957 debut (one of the best vocal LPs of its era). Included here are the complete contents of her second and third albums, Give Him the Ooh-La-La and Once Upon a Summertime, recorded at a pair of two-day sessions in early 1957 and 1958, respectively (oddly, the later date appears first). Verve head Norman Granz featured Dearie in her ideal setting, a small and tight rhythm section including, variously, Ray Brown on bass, Herb Ellis or Mundell Lowe on guitar, and Ed Thigpen or Jo Jones on drums. Although her debut remains the gold standard for Blossom Dearie LPs, these two are close competition, with Dearie providing her eccentric and intriguing interpretations of increasingly shopworn standards. As a bonus, the 25th track is a 1952 version of "Moody's Mood for Love," recorded with James Moody himself. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide

Name Credits Blossom Dearie Piano, Vocals Cecil Payne Sax (Baritone) Christopher Evans Liner Notes Ed Thigpen Drums Herb Ellis Guitar Jo Jones All Stars Drums Lem Davis Sax (Alto) Leonard Gaskin Bass Merrill Stepter Trumpet Mundell Lowe Guitar Norman Granz Session Producer Ray Abrams Sax (Tenor) Ray Brown Bass Teacho Wiltshire Piano Teddy Lee Drums