You Fascinate Me So: A Tribute to Blossom Dearie

“Blossom charmed me. She inspired me. She challenged me to learn more and do more, so  I wanted to honor her in my way.”  

YVONNE MONNETT

1. 'Deed I Do    2. Blossom 's Blues    3. Ev'rything I've Got Belongs To You    4. Doop-Doo-De-Doop (A Doodlin' Song)    5. “Someone's Been Sending Me Flowers”     6. Give Him the Ooh Lah Lah    7. (There Ought to be a) Moonlight Saving Time

8. I'm Shadowing You    9. You Fascinate Me So    10. Once Upon a Summertime    11. I'm Hip    12. I Won't Dance    13. Tea For Two    14. Rhode Island is Famous for You

Here in your hands, ready for your discerning ears, is a splendid recording that was waiting with great patience for pianist and singer Yvonne Monnett to deliver it to us.

This followup to her 2006 independent release Thanks for the Memory is a legacy project celebrating the commonalities and versatility that Yvonne shares with the late Blossom Dearie. Pianists and singers whose keyboard strengths were complemented by their sweet, girlish voices. Entertainers loving to wrap themselves in under-performed and/or quirky tunes from the Great American Songbook and Broadway musicals, as well as beloved material from some more-contemporary song sculptors. - Ken Franckling

                                                   Ken Franckling is an award-winning jazz journalist and photographer.

Thanks For The Memory (2004)

1. On A Slow Boat To China    2. Only Yesterday    3. Thanks For The Memory    4. What a Difference A Day Makes    5. Girl Talk    6. S'Wonderful

7.Everything Happens To Me    8. Makin' Whoopee    9. Baby It's Cold Outside    10.Only Trust Your Heart    11.Peel Me A Grape    12.Let's Fall In Love