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Blossom Dearie - Blossom Dearie Sings (1974)


Summer days should be more like this song. Bright, shiny, and with rubbery bass lines. This is a song that continues my love affair with women who have singing voices like children. Dearie had made a name for herself throughout the '60s with great recordings that put her in small jazz combo settings and gave plenty of space for those sublimely sweet vocals she did. Those records are pretty awesome, like a female counterpart to the Chet Baker records of the same era. Many people of my age and grace and fortitude found out about her through her Schoolhouse Rock jam, "Figure Eight." Anyway, like any smart person, Dearie created her own vanity label (Dandelion) and put this record out. It's seemingly inspired by the singer/songwriter explosion but with her jazz background making sure she is always firmly grounded in rhythms. "Somebody New" is seriously funky - but completely airy and dreamy. Another key track from this fine album is the John Lennon ode where it sounds like she's literally sitting on my earlobe singing.




Blossom Dearie - "Somebody New"

Blossom Dearie - "Hey John"