Blossom Dearie - Blossom Dearie for Café Aprés-midi

Title: Blossom Dearie for Café Aprés-midi Artist: Blossom Dearie Release Date: 3/25/2003 Re-Released On: 3/31/2003 Label: Japanese Import, Universal Distribution Album Type(s): Greatest Hits, Instrumental, lyrics/libretto UPCs: 4988005328731, 766489878829 Genre: Vocal Music Styles: Cabaret, Standards, 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: 5 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Long Daddy Green
2. Dusty Springfield
3. I Know the Moon
4. Yesterday, When I Was Young
5. Will There Really Be a Morning
6. Inside a Silent Tear
7. Hey John
8. Sweet Georgie Fame
9. Sweet Surprise
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. Guys and Dolls
25. Rhode Island Is Famous for You
26. Boum
27. Ev'rything I've Got
28. I Hear Music
29. Tout Doucement

Year Type Label Catalog # 2003 CD Japanese Import 1022 2003 CD Universal Distribution 1022

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While far too idiosyncratic to serve as a proper point of entry into the Blossom Dearie catalog, this edition of the wonderful Café Après-midi series is nevertheless 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, this Japanese release is a steal even at import prices -- the songs are perfectly selected and paced, and the mastering is impeccable. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

Name Credits Toru Hashimoto Compilation