Teo Macero and the Prestige Jazz Quartet: "Just Spring"
Blossom Dearie Trio and Quartet: "I Wish You Love"; "Bag's Groove"
Aretha Franklin Band: "Won't Be Long"
Toshiko Akiyoshi: "The Village"
Toshiko Akiyoshi 2007 interview:
from the same interview: on being a Japanese jazz artist
Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra: "Drum Conference"
Thelonious Monk: "Don't Blame Me"
Lenny Bruce's tv series pilot The World of Lenny Bruce
I’m never sure what to make of Blossom Dearie. Her voice isn’t quite one thing or another, if that makes any sense.
ReplyDeleteWell, it's certainly distinctive, and while Nellie McKay (among today's active jazz singer/pianists) might be influenced most heavily by Doris Day, the legacy of Dearie is evident in her work as well...and not solely hers. Dave Frishberg is a similar talent, with the male version of a very similar voice. Both are still with us, and I'm glad...though I suspect it might've been one of Dearie's assistants/associates who "liked" my announcement "tweet" of this post on that medium. Dave Brubeck once put it in liner notes, perhaps similarly at a loss, "Blossom is Blossom."
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