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Soubrette Sings Broadway Hit Songs

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Soubrette: Blossom Dearie Sings Broadway Hit Songs
Studio album by
Released1960
RecordedFebruary 19 and 22, 1960
GenreJazz
LabelVerve Records
ProducerNorman Granz, Blossom Dearie
Blossom Dearie chronology
My Gentleman Friend
(1961)
Soubrette: Blossom Dearie Sings Broadway Hit Songs
(1960)
Blossom Dearie Sings Rootin' Songs
(1963)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [2]

Soubrette: Blossom Dearie Sings Broadway Hit Songs is a 1960 studio album by Blossom Dearie, with an orchestra arranged by Russell Garcia.

This was Dearie's first album recorded with full orchestral arrangements.

Track listing

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  1. "Guys and Dolls" (Frank Loesser) – 2:52
  2. "Confession" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 2:44
  3. "Rhode Island Is Famous for You" (Dietz, Schwartz) – 2:14
  4. "To Keep My Love Alive" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 3:26
  5. "Too Good for the Average Man" (Rodgers, Hart) – 3:31
  6. "The Gentleman Is a Dope" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Rodgers) – 4:19
  7. "Always True to You in My Fashion" (Cole Porter) – 2:52
  8. "Napoleon" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) – 4:19
  9. "Life Upon the Wicked Stage" (Hammerstein, Jerome Kern) – 2:42
  10. "The Physician" (Porter) – 2:15
  11. "Love Is the Reason" (Dorothy Fields, Schwartz) – 3:37
  12. "Buckle Down, Winsocki" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) – 1:49

Tracks 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 11 recorded on February 19, 1960. Tracks 2, 4, 5, 9, 10, 12 recorded February 22, 1960.

Personnel

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  • Blossom Dearie – piano, vocals
  • Russell Garcia – conductor, arranger
  • Al Harding – reeds
  • Paul Harn – flute
  • Red Mitchell – bass
  • Mel Lewis – drums
  • Gus Donahue – copyist
    • Tracks 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 11
  • Jerome Kasper, Charles Gentry and Dave Pell - reeds
  • Jimmy Rowles - piano
  • Larry Bunker - xylophone
    • Tracks 2, 4, 5, 9, 10, 12
  • Barney Kessel - guitar
  • Victor Feldman - xylophone

References

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  1. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r712457
  2. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 361. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.