Blossom Dearie

Universal Music Recordings celebrates an often-overlooked period of jazz-pop chanteuse Blossom Dearie's career with the release of Discover Who I Am: The Fontana Years London 1966-1970. The 6-CD box set includes all four original albums which Dearie released on Fontana (each one of which is expanded with non-LP singles) plus two bonus discs with 27 previously unreleased recordings including renditions of contemporary songs from Jimmy Webb, Burt Bacharach and Hal David, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Dave Frishberg, and others, as well as her own compositions. Audio for the collection has been mastered by Simon Gibson at Abbey Road, and the discs are presented in a hardback book featuring a new essay by Dearie's friend Jaime Smith of her Daffodil Records label.  Previously unpublished photos provided by her niece and nephew are also showcased.  Blossom Dearie was an American original who found much of her success and fame abroad; this collection is the first comprehensive look at this period of her fascinating career.