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