October 30, 2009 • Host Marian McPartland calls Dearie an "incandescent singer and pianist" whose "delicate, swinging style makes every song a musical gem." The vocalist and pianist died this past ...

Monica marks Blossom Dearie's 100th birthday on this episode. The iconic singer and pianist carved out her own unique sound in an age when jazz vocalists reigned supreme - and we'll hear from some of ...

Jazz singer and pianist Blossom Dearie, who died Feb. 7 at the age of 82, was a great singer with the tiniest of voices. The albums she recorded in the 1950s with Norman Granz of Verve Records are ...

However, Blossom Dearie (1924–2009) was not just about her voice (or her oft-commented on name). Her father was Scottish, her mother Norwegian. She was a classically trained pianist and, in time, a ...

Once upon a time, there were jazz singers and there were cabaret singers, and the twain simply did not meet. But, over the years, cabaret singers began to adopt jazz phrasing and mannerisms, and jazz ...

t was at an unnamed record label in 1973 that the last denial took place. Either the label was not interested or they were offering a paltry sum for the master tape. According to Blossom, she said, ...

Blossom Dearie, the jazz pixie with a little-girl voice and pageboy haircut who was a fixture in New York and London nightclubs for decades, died on Saturday at her apartment in Greenwich Village. She ...

NEW YORK — Blossom Dearie, the jazz pixie with a little-girl voice and pageboy haircut who was a fixture in New York and London nightclubs for decades, died Saturday at her apartment in Greenwich ...

Blossom Dearie was a remarkable American jazz vocalist, pianist and composer from the bebop era known for her unique voice, definitive arranging style and continent spanning career. From recordings ...

Blossom Dearie, who has died aged 82, was one of the unique jazz voices of the second half of the 20th century. She was a cult, a musicians' musician, but her fame spread wider through television and ...