Von Dearie gibt’s ein als Einstieg ganz gut geeignetes 2CD-Set vom Avid Billig-Label aus England.
Es enthält die Alben: „Blossom Dearie“, „Blossom Dearie Plays For Dancing“, „Give Him The Ooh-La-La“ und „Once Upon A Summertime“.
„Give Him the Ooh-La-La“ war mein Einstieg und ich liebe den (völlig bekloppten) Titeltrack noch heute!
Say you’re fond of fancy thing
Diamond clips and emerald rings
And you want your man to come through
Give him the ooh-la-laWhen your car is asked to stop
By a handsome traffic cop
‚Less you want a ticket or two
Give him the ooh-la-laIf Napoleon at Waterloo-la-la
Had an army of debutantes
To give the British the well known, ooh-la-la
He would have changed the history of FranceWhen your favorite Romeo
Grabs his hat and starts to go
Don’t reveal the fact that you’re blue
Don’t break down and start to boo hooThere’s just one thing for you
La, la to la, la do la, la
Like Tallulah just
Give him the ooh-la-laIf Napoleon at Waterloo, la, la
Had an army of debutantes
To give the British the well known ooh-la-la
He’d have changed the history of FranceWhen your favorite Romeo
Grabs his hat and starts to go
Don’t reveal the fact that you’re blue
Don’t break down and start to boo hooThere’s just one thing for you
La, la to la, la do la, la
Like Tallulah just
Give him the ooh-la-laThe ooh-la-la
The ooh-la-la
You’d better be like Tallulah
Don’t be a fool, ah
Give him the ooh-la-la
Napoleon at Waterloo-la-la… sowas kann nur vom unsterblichen Cole Porter kommen!
Sehr gut ist auch Dearies Live-Album vom Ronnie Scott’s in London.
Zudem gibt’s in der Jazz in Paris Reihe ein hübsches instrumentales Trio-Album (es hiess „The Pianist“ und so heisst auch die CD, es ist #94).
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"Don't play what the public want. You play what you want and let the public pick up on what you doin' -- even if it take them fifteen, twenty years." (Thelonious Monk) | Meine Sendungen auf Radio StoneFM: gypsy goes jazz, #152: Enja Records 1971-1973 – 14.05., 22:00 | Slow Drive to South Africa, #8: tba | No Problem Saloon, #30: tba