‘She floored me. I was in shock’: Blossom Dearie, the jazz singer with the diminutive voice and vast talent | Music

Singing with Woody Herman and his Orchestra

With a name akin to a character from Roald Dahl’s stories and an equally naive singing voice some labelled as childish, Blossom Dearie hardly exuded star quality. “She was definitely not an entertainer,” admits Arlene […]