Blossom Dearie has been played over 40 times on NTS, first on 29 October 2014. Blossom Dearie's music has been featured on 43 episodes.

Blossom Dearie (1924-2009) was an American jazz singer and pianist.

Born on 28th April 1924 in East Durham, New York, of mixed Scottish and Norwegian ancestry, Dearie began her career in vocal groups in New York. In the early 1950s she moved to Paris, forming her own vocal group, The Blue Stars, later to become the Swingle Singers.

After signing to Verve, Dearie returned to the U.S. where, despite developing a successful career and achieving international fame, by 1974 the lack of interest…