Song:Ev'rything I've Got
Album:Blossom Dearie
With her girlish voice and sophisticated jazz style, Blossom Dearie was one of the most durable voices in jazz until her death last year. But the question that is a always asked is Blossom Dearie her real name. Yup and she was born Apr. 28, 1924 in East Durham, NY which is in the Catskills. She studied piano as a child but switched to jazz as a teen and then moved to New York City to persue a career in music. She was in groups like The Blue Flames and The Blue Reys before moving to Paris in 1952 to form The Blue Stars Of Paris with longtime collaborator Bob Dorough. They had a hit in France in 1954 with Lullaby Of Birdland. Blossom recorded her first solo album for Barclay in 1956 but it was a solo piano record. Verve Records owner Norman Granz saw her perform in Paris and signed her to a contract and brought her back to the US. Ev'rything I've Got is from her 1957 Verve debut album Blossom Dearie featuring Herb Ellis on guitar, Ray Brown on bass and Jo Jones on drums. The song was written by Richard Rogers & Lorenz Hart for the 1942 Broadway show By Jupiter. Blossom has probably recorded the definitive version of this song and Verve released this on CD in 1993 with three bonus tracks. Blossom was a big favourite of Today Show host Dave Garroway and he had her on the show frequently. She left Verve in 1961 and recorded for Capitol and Fontana in the 60s. She even recorded an album for Hires Root Beer after a very successful jingle. Blossom started her own Daffodil label in 1974 and recorded for many years and continued to perform in New York clubs until her death on Feb. 7, 2009 at age 84. Here's Blossom Dearie with pianist Billy Taylor performing Ev'rything I've Got on Taylor's TV series Jazz Counterpoint 1985.
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