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My Gentleman Friend

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My Gentleman Friend
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Length
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Release Date
1 January 1959
Blossom Dearie’s final album for Verve is a distillation of her talents. Backed by a restrained trio featuring Ray Brown on bass, Ed Thigpen on drums and Kenny Burrell on guitar, My Gentleman Friend places focus squarely on Blossom’s singing. While it is not her best known performance, Gershwin’s “ Little Jazz Bird” is an anthem for the singer’s persona: “Just try my recipe / And I'm sure you'll agree / That a little jazz bird / Is the only kind of bird to be.” For a performer who sounded so small, she was actually one of the few artists of that era who exerted full contro… read more
Blossom Dearie’s final album for Verve is a distillation of her talents. Backed by a restrained trio featuring Ray Brown on bass, Ed Thigpen on drums… read more
Blossom Dearie’s final album for Verve is a distillation of her talents. Backed by a restrained trio featuring Ray Brown on bass, Ed Thigpen on drums and Kenny Burrell on guitar, My Gent… read more

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Tracklist

Track number Play Loved Track name Artist name Buy Options Duration Listeners
1 Play track Little Jazz Bird
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 3:40 14,434 listeners
2 Play track Gentleman Friend
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 3:46 3,541 listeners
3 It's Too Good to Talk About Now
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 3:07 2,581 listeners
4 Chez moi
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 7,402 listeners
5 Play track You Fascinate Me So
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6 You've Got Something I Want
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 2:35 2,614 listeners
7 Play track Boum
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 2:10 13,919 listeners
8 L'etang
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 2:24 16,182 listeners
9 Hello Love
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10 Play track Someone to Watch over Me
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 5:58 50,514 listeners

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Blossom Dearie (1924-2009) was an American jazz singer and pianist. Born on 28th April 1924 in East Durham, New York, of mixed Scottish and Norwegian ancestry, Dearie began her career in vocal groups in New York. In the early 1950s she moved to Paris, forming her own vocal group, The Blue Stars, later to become the Swingle Singers. After signing to Verve, Dearie returned to the U.S. where, despite developing a successful career and achieving international fame, by 1974 the lack of interest from major labels led her to start her own label, Daffodil Records. She continued performing i… read more
Blossom Dearie (1924-2009) was an American jazz singer and pianist. Born on 28th April 1924 in East Durham, New York, of mixed Scottish and Norwegian ancestry, Dearie began her career in vo… read more
Blossom Dearie (1924-2009) was an American jazz singer and pianist. Born on 28th April 1924 in East Durham, New York, of mixed Scottish and Norwegian ancestry, Dearie began her career in vocal groups in New York. In the early 1950s she… read more

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