Well crap. Lost another jazz great. Blossom Dearie has passed away

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Blossom Dearie, the jazz pixie with a little-girl voice and pageboy haircut who was a fixture in New York and London nightclubs for decades, died on Saturday at her apartment in Greenwich Village. She was 82.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/09/arts/music/09dear.html


Favorite clip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoZd4GKzOdQ


:(

RIP Miss Dearie

[libnnc]

1. and for those who don't know

She was the voice behind many Schoolhouse Rock songs

Unpack Your Adjectives

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j347DjSve0

Figure Eight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jeq5a8bBh8c&feature=related

Mother Necessity

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8wuGRlRZqk&feature=related

[MrScorpio]

2. Oh my Goodness, that is so tragic

I posted this yesterday, I'll do it one more time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHUVWEgHAy8

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3. I like her rendition of "Someone to Watch Over Me"

[grasswire]

4. I like every rendition of "Someone to Watch Over Me" (eom)

[Fire Walk With Me]

5. Sorry to hear it. She was -outstanding-.

RIP.

[valerief]

6. Just found out. I LOVE Blossom Dearie. I'm listening to her right now as I type.

I first heard of her a few years ago on some jazz radio station that's probably now long gone with tinny, twangy crap or screaming right-wingers. It took one song (don't remember what it was) and I was hooked. Bought a few CDs and listen to them for a pick-me-up.

My favorite Blossom CD is "Blossom Dearie" from The Diva Series on Verve. It starts out with her rendition of "I'm Hip." Can't beat that with a stick.

[tigereye]

7. wow, she had a really interesting and long career!

And she wrote "Peel me a grape" and some other cool classic tunes, too, like Bye Bye Country Boy. Plus she hung out with Frischberg and those folks. Pretty cool.

sad to see any of those old-school jazz folk go.

[tishaLA]

8. Love Ms Dearie

Her voice was a (delicate) ray of sunshine.