Blossom Dearie (1924-2009) - American Jazz Vocalist and Pianist, Performing Bebop in a Light and Girlish Voice

[The Hersch]

"They Say It's Spring" from the 1958 album Give Him the Ooh-La-La. That's Blossom Dearie, piano and vocal; Herb Ellis, guitar; Ray Brown, bass; and Jo Jones, drums. (I don't know if it's true now, or if it was ever true, but it used to be said that Ray Brown was the most-recorded musician of all time. He certainly never wanted for work.)

[The Hersch]

I love that recording. I just listened to it again, and it's still so remarkably fresh. Blossom Dearie, by the way, was her real name. What would you give to have a name like that?