The first two albums were recorded live in 1966 at Ronnie Scott's: Blossom Time at Ronnie Scott's featured Dearie backed by Jeff Clyne on bass and Johnnie Butts on drums. On Sweet Blossom Dearie, she ...

Several years ago Blossom Dearie said that of all her recordings, this on-location session from 1966 was her personal favorite. Although artists are notoriously unreliable critics of their own work, ...

At the end of “On Broadway,” the first track on the 1966 album “Blossom Time – Blossom Dearie Live at Ronnie Scott’s,” pianist-singer Blossom Dearie addresses the audience, saying in a completely ...

After listening to the live material collected on the six-CD box set Discover Who I Am: The Fontana Years London 1966-70 another, incongruous, marker comes to mind. When she speaks between songs – and ...