Blossom Dearie - My Gentleman Friend

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 30:35
Size: 70.0 MB
Label: Verve
Styles: Vocal jazz, Easy Listening
Year: 1959/2003
Art: Front

[3:39] 1. Little Jazz Bird
[3:46] 2. Gentleman Friend
[3:06] 3. It's Too Good To Talk About Now
[3:06] 4. Chez Moi
[3:29] 5. You Fascinate Me So
[2:33] 6. You've Got Something I Want
[2:07] 7. Boum
[0:00] 8. L' Étang
[2:48] 9. Hello Love
[5:57] 10. Someone To Watch Over Me

Another in the superior series of LPs Blossom Dearie recorded for Verve in the late '50s, MY GENTLEMAN FRIEND finds the cabaret-jazz maven joined by guitarist Kenny Burrell and her husband at the time, Belgian saxophonist-flutist Bobby Jaspar, who accompanies Blossom on just a few French-language tunes--"Chez Moi," the swinging "Boum," and a lovely impressionist ballad called "L'Etang," all of which she manages with aplomb.

Dearie always chose her repertoire carefully so there are almost no typical standards here. Still she excels on Cy Coleman's "You Fascinate Me So," with its deft, witty lyrics by the great Carolyn Leigh. Closing the set is her plaintive version of the Gershwin's "Someone To Watch Over Me." The singer's self-accompanying piano work is excellent throughout.

Recorded at Nola Studios, New York, New York on May 21 & 22, 1959. Originally released on Verve (2125).

Blossom Dearie (vocals, piano); Bobby Jaspar (flute); Kenny Burrell (guitar); Ray Brown (bass); Ed Thigpen (drums).

My Gentleman Friend

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