Playbill News: Blossom Dearie, Vocalist Whose Wispy Voice Caressed Show Music and Standards, Has Died

Posted by Alt Rock Shop Admin on February 9th, 2009 filed in Dead

Blossom Dearie, the American singer whose little-girl voice and jazzy piano arrangements offered a unique approach to show tunes and the Great American Songbook, died Feb. 7 at her home in Greenwich Village, according to colleagues.

Cabarethotlineonline.blogspot.com cited Donald Schaffer, her representative, who said that Ms. Dearie, the singer-songwriter-pianist, died after a long illness. She was 82.

via Playbill News: Blossom Dearie, Vocalist Whose Wispy Voice Caressed Show Music and Standards, Has Died.

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