In the Mood for Love: Cherry Red Collects Early Blossom Dearie in New Box Set

This past weekend – April 28, to be exact – would have marked the 95th birthday of Blossom Dearie.  The singer-pianist-songwriter with the recognizably wispy, coquettish voice recorded over 30 albums for labels including Verve, Capitol, and Fontana, and collaborated with talents including Johnny Mercer, Michel Legrand, and Bob Dorough.  Cherry Red’s El label has just celebrated Dearie’s early years with a new 3-CD set, The Adorable Blossom Dearie (superseding the label’s previous single-disc release with the same title and artwork). Though often considered in the ranks of the jazz singers, Dearie…

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