Blossom DEARIE - I'm Hip 1998

Blossom DEARIE - I'm Hip 1998
Label: Columbia / Import
Audio CD: (September 1, 2003)

Jazz

"I'm too much," proclaims Blossom. "I'm a gas." We wholeheartedly agree, but the subject of her song is another matter; the lady doth protest her hipness too much, we think. Her fate is sealed when she pleads, "Bobby Darin knows my friend." Recorded live before a swinging '60s London audience, "I'm Hip" is proof that most would-be hipsters lead lives of hilarious desperation. It's also proof that lyricist Dave Frishberg is in a class with Ira Gershwin. As for Miss Dearie, she concludes this loving lampoon with a scatted quote from Birth of the Cool's "Budo."
How hip is that?
By Alan Kurtz.
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Blossom Dearie (Piano), Blossom Dearie (Vocals), Blossom Dearie (Main Performer), Blossom Dearie (Piano (Grand)),
Bob Dorough- (Vocals),
Grady Tate- (Drums),
Jay Berliner- (Guitar),
Bob Cranshaw- (Bass),
Jim Hughart- (Electric Bass),
Jay Leonhart- (Acoustic Bass),
Mike Renzi- (Keyboards),
Bill Takas- (Electric Bass),
Phil Woods- (Alto Sax)
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01. I'm Hip. Dave Frishberg Blossom Dearie (2:42)
02. Lush Life. Billy Strayhorn Blossom Dearie (4:21)
03. Inside A Silent Tear. Linda Albert Blossom Dearie (5:12)
04. Satin Doll. Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Billy Strayhorn Blossom Dearie (3:38)
05. Yardbird Suite/ Medley. Bob Dorough Blossom Dearie (2:39)
06. Sophisticated Lady. Irving Mills, Duke Ellington, Mitchell Parish Blossom Dearie (2:59)
07. Baby, It's Cold Outside. Frank Loesser Blossom Dearie (4:09)
08. Olde Tyme Movie Love Affair. Tony Baxter Blossom Dearie (3:49)
09. In Your Eyes. Charles DeForest Blossom Dearie (2:07)
10. You Fascinate Me So. Carolyn Leigh Blossom Dearie (3:48)
11. How Do You Say Auf Wiedersehen?. Johnny Mercer, Tony Scibetta Blossom Dearie (3:50)
12. There Ought to Be a Moonlight Savings Time. Irving Kahal, Harry Richman Blossom Dearie (2:54)
13. I'm Shadowing You. Blossom Dearie, Johnny Mercer Blossom Dearie (2:58)
14. Round About. Ogden Nash Blossom Dearie (2:43)
15. You Have Lived In Autumn.  Blossom Dearie (4:37)
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