Soubrette Sings Broadway Hit Songs
Soubrette: Blossom Dearie Sings Broadway Hit Songs | ||||
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Released | 1960 | |||
Recorded | February 19 and 22, 1960 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Verve Records | |||
Producer | Norman Granz, Blossom Dearie | |||
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Soubrette: Blossom Dearie Sings Broadway Hit Songs is a 1960 studio album by Blossom Dearie, with an orchestra arranged by Russell Garcia.
This was Dearie's first album recorded with full orchestral arrangements.
Track listing
[edit]- "Guys and Dolls" (Frank Loesser) – 2:52
- "Confession" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 2:44
- "Rhode Island Is Famous for You" (Dietz, Schwartz) – 2:14
- "To Keep My Love Alive" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 3:26
- "Too Good for the Average Man" (Rodgers, Hart) – 3:31
- "The Gentleman Is a Dope" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Rodgers) – 4:19
- "Always True to You in My Fashion" (Cole Porter) – 2:52
- "Napoleon" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) – 4:19
- "Life Upon the Wicked Stage" (Hammerstein, Jerome Kern) – 2:42
- "The Physician" (Porter) – 2:15
- "Love Is the Reason" (Dorothy Fields, Schwartz) – 3:37
- "Buckle Down, Winsocki" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) – 1:49
Tracks 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 11 recorded on February 19, 1960. Tracks 2, 4, 5, 9, 10, 12 recorded February 22, 1960.
Personnel
[edit]- Blossom Dearie – piano, vocals
- Russell Garcia – conductor, arranger
- Al Harding – reeds
- Paul Harn – flute
- Red Mitchell – bass
- Mel Lewis – drums
- Gus Donahue – copyist
- Tracks 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 11
- Jerome Kasper, Charles Gentry and Dave Pell - reeds
- Jimmy Rowles - piano
- Larry Bunker - xylophone
- Tracks 2, 4, 5, 9, 10, 12
- Barney Kessel - guitar
- Victor Feldman - xylophone
References
[edit]- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r712457
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 361. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.