Blossom Dearie
USA
Born: 28 April 1926
Died: 07 February 2009
Years Active: 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Styles: Bop, Standards, Hard Bop, Traditional Pop, Vocal/Standards, Vocal Jazz
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A distinctive, girlish voice, crisp, impeccable delivery, and an irrepressible sense of playful swing made Blossom Dearie one of the most enjoyable singers of the vocal era. Her warmth and sparkle ensured that she'd never treat standards as the well-worn songs they often appeared in less capable hands. And though her reputation was made on record with a string of excellent albums for Verve during the '50s, she remained a draw with Manhattan cabaret audiences long into the new millennium. Actually born with the name Blossom Dearie in the New Yor...
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