Give Him The Ooh-La-La is one of the purest expressions of Blossom Dearie on record. Released in 1958 on Verve Records and produced by Norman Granz, the album pairs Dearie's crystalline diction and intimate piano touch with a dream rhythm section: guitarist Herb Ellis, bassist Ray Brown, and drummer Jo Jones, three pillars of the swing and bop tradition at the height of their powers.
The program draws from the American Songbook's finest, Cole Porter, Rodgers & Hart, Noël Coward, alongside two Dearie co-writes, "Try Your Wings" and "Bang Goes the Drum (And You're in Love)," that reveal her wit as a composer to match her gifts as a performer. From the sly, knowing charm of the title track to the aching elegance of "Plus je t'embrasse," Dearie inhabits each song with a balance of cool understatement and harmonic intelligence that has made this record a touchstone for jazz vocal collectors for decades.
This pressing is part of the Verve Vault series, mastered from original analog tapes and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Optimal, one of Europe's most respected pressing plants. It is exactly what serious collectors seek: the right source, the right format, the right weight.
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Limited to 3 individually numbered copies.
