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Blossom Dearie: Same

In April 1957, “Verve” label released the self-titled, second Blossom Dearie studio album. It was recorded in September 1956, and was produced by Norman Granz and Blossom Dearie.

Personnel:

  • Blossom Dearie – vocals, piano
  • Herb Ellis – guitar
  • Ray Brown – double bass
  • Jo Jones – drums

Track listing:

  1. Deed I Do – Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose
  2. Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?) – Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman
  3. Ev’rything I’ve Got – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  4. Comment allez-vous – Murray Grand
  5. More Than You Know – Edward Eliscu, Rose, Vincent Youmans
  6. Thou Swell – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  7. It Might as Well Be Spring – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
  8. Tout doucement – Emile Jean Mercadier, Rene Albert Clausier
  9. You for Me – Bob Haymes
  10. Now at Last – Bob Haymes
  11. I Hear Music – Burton Lane, Frank Loesser
  12. Wait Till You See Her – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  13. I Won’t Dance – Dorothy Fields, Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern, Jimmy McHugh
  14. A Fine Spring Morning – Bob Haymes

Harold McNair

On March 7, 1971, Harold McNair died aged 39. He was musician (saxophone, flute), recorded and performed with many artists including Quincy Jones, Tony Crombie, Jack Costanzo,Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Jimi Hendrix, Philly Joe Jones, John Cameron, Blossom Dearie, Jon Hendricks, Ginger Baker’s Air Force, Ginger Baker’s Air Force (Polydor, 1970), with Steve Winwood, Phil Seamen, Johnny Harris, Donovan, The Picadilly Line, Lionel Bart, Steamhammer, Davy Graham, John Martyn, Don Partridge, Syd Dale, Brian Bennett, Kathe Green, Alun Ashworth Jones, Magna Carta, Marc Brierley, Nick Drake – Bryter Layter, CCS, Peter Collins, Peter Collins, Rosetta Hightower, Cressida, Caetano Veloso, Alexis Korner, Seven Ages of Man and Tim Hollier. As band leader he released ten albums.