May I Come In?

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May I Come In?
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Studio album by Blossom Dearie
Released 1964
Recorded February 13-15, 1964
Genre Vocal jazz
Label Capitol
Producer Dave Cavanaugh
Blossom Dearie chronology
Blossom Dearie Sings Rootin' Songs
(1963)		May I Come In?
(1964)		 Blossom Time at Ronnie Scott's
(1964)
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May I Come In? is a 1964 studio album by Blossom Dearie, arranged by Jack Marshall. [2]

Blossom Dearie American jazz singer and pianist

Margrethe Blossom Dearie was an American jazz singer and pianist. She was physically petite, with a recognizably light and girlish voice. One of the last supper club/cabaret performers, she performed regular engagements in London and New York City over many years. She collaborated with many musicians, including Johnny Mercer, Miles Davis, Jack Segal, Johnny Mandel, Duncan Lamont, Bob Dorough, Dave Frishberg and Jay Berliner.

Jack Wilton Marshall was an American guitarist, composer, arranger, and conductor. He was the father of producer-director Frank Marshall and composer Phil Marshall. He was also the cousin of classical guitarist Christopher Parkening.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Something Happens to Me" (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal) – 2:02
  2. "I'm in Love Again" (Cy Coleman, Peggy Lee, Bill Schluger) – 2:45
  3. "When Sunny Gets Blue" (Fisher, Segal) – 2:09
  4. "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars" (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Gene Lees) – 2:52
  5. "Don't Wait Too Long" (Sunny Skylar) – 2:16
  6. "I Wish You Love" (Albert A. Beach, Charles Trenet) – 2:06
  7. "Charade" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) – 1:54
  8. "May I Come In?" (Fisher, Segal) – 2:13
  9. "I'm Old Fashioned" (Jerome Kern, Mercer) – 2:31
  10. "Love Is a Necessary Evil" (Fisher, Segal) – 2:26
  11. "The Best Is Yet to Come" (Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) – 2:48
  12. "Put on a Happy Face" (Lee Adams, Charles Strouse) – 2:12

Personnel

Singing act of producing musical sounds with the voice

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music that can be sung with or without accompaniment by musical instruments. Singing is often done in an ensemble of musicians, such as a choir of singers or a band of instrumentalists. Singers may perform as soloists or accompanied by anything from a single instrument up to a symphony orchestra or big band. Different singing styles include art music such as opera and Chinese opera, Indian music and religious music styles such as gospel, traditional music styles, world music, jazz, blues, gazal and popular music styles such as pop, rock, electronic dance music and filmi.

Piano musical instrument

The piano is an acoustic, stringed musical instrument invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700, in which the strings are struck by hammers. It is played using a keyboard, which is a row of keys that the performer presses down or strikes with the fingers and thumbs of both hands to cause the hammers to strike the strings.

Arrangement musical composition in altered form

In music, an arrangement is a musical reconceptualization of a previously composed work. It may differ from the original work by means of reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or development of the formal structure. Arranging differs from orchestration in that the latter process is limited to the assignment of notes to instruments for performance by an orchestra, concert band, or other musical ensemble. Arranging "involves adding compositional techniques, such as new thematic material for introductions, transitions, or modulations, and endings... Arranging is the art of giving an existing melody musical variety".

References

  1. ↑ AllMusic review
  2. ↑ May I Come In? at AllMusic
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