My Gentleman Friend

Released1961^{[citation needed]}

RecordedMay 21–22, 1959

GenreJazz

LabelVerve

My Gentleman Friend

Studio album by

Blossom Dearie

Released

1961^{[citation needed]}

Recorded

May 21–22, 1959

Norman Granz, Blossom Dearie

Blossom Dearie chronology

Blossom Dearie Sings Comden and Green
(1960)

My Gentleman Friend
(1961)

Soubrette Sings Broadway Hit Songs
(1960)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[2]

My Gentleman Friend is a 1961 album by Blossom Dearie.

"Little Jazz Bird" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:43
"Gentleman Friend" (Arnold B. Horwitt, Richard Lewine) – 3:49
"It's Too Good to Talk About Now" (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) – 3:09
"Chez moi" (Jean Féline, Paul Misraki, Bruce Sievier) – 3:09
"You Fascinate Me So" (Coleman, Leigh) – 3:33
"You've Got Something I Want" (Bob Haymes) – 2:37
"Boum!" (E. Ray Goetz, Charles Trenet) – 2:10
"L'étang" (Paul Misraki) – 2:27
"Hello Love" (Michael Preston Barr, Dion McGregor) – 2:51
"Someone to Watch Over Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 5:57

Blossom Dearie – vocals (all tracks), piano (all tracks except "You've Got Something I Want")
Kenny Burrell – guitar (all tracks)
Ray Brown – double bass (all tracks)
Ed Thigpen – drums (all tracks)
Bobby Jaspar – flute (on "Chez Moi", "Boum", "L'etang")

↑ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r137593
↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 360. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

Blossom Dearie

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.

As leader
or co-leader

Blossom Dearie (1956)
Give Him the Ooh-La-La (1957)
Once Upon a Summertime (1958)
Blossom Dearie Sings Comden and Green (1959)
My Gentleman Friend (1959)
Soubrette Sings Broadway Hit Songs (1960)
Blossom Dearie Sings Rootin' Songs (1963)
May I Come In? (1964)
Blossom Time at Ronnie Scott's (1966)
Sweet Blossom Dearie (released 1967)
That's Just the Way I Want to Be (1970)
Simply (1982)
Chez Wahlberg: Part One (1985)
Songs of Chelsea (1988)
Tweedledum & Tweedledee
(Two People Who Resemble Each Other, in this Case Musically) (and Mike Renzi, 1991)

v t e Kenny Burrell
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
Leader or co-leader	All Night Long (1956) Introducing Kenny Burrell (1956) Kenny Burrell (Blue Note album, 1956) Swingin' (1956–59) All Day Long (Prestige All-Stars, 1957) Earthy (1957) John Jenkins with Kenny Burrell (with John Jenkins, 1957) K. B. Blues (1957) Kenny Burrell (aka Blue Moods, Prestige, 1957) 2 Guitars (with Jimmy Raney, 1957) Blue Lights (1958) Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane (1958) Weaver of Dreams (1960–61) Bluesin' Around (1961–62) Bluesy Burrell (with Coleman Hawkins, 1962) Crash (with Brother Jack McDuff, 1963) Freedom (1963–64) Midnight Blue (1963) Guitar Forms (with Gil Evans, 1964–65) Soul Call (1964) Travelin' Light (and Shirley Scott, 1964) A Generation Ago Today (1966–67) Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas (1966) The Tender Gender (1966) Blues – The Common Ground (1967–68) Ode to 52nd Street (1967) Night Song (1968–69) Asphalt Canyon Suite (1969) God Bless the Child (1971) 'Round Midnight (1972) Both Feet on the Ground (1973) Sky Street (1974) Stormy Monday (1974) Up the Street, 'Round the Corner, Down the Block (1974) Ellington Is Forever (1975) Ellington Is Forever Volume Two (1975) Tin Tin Deo (1977) Handcrafted (1978) When Lights Are Low (1978) Moon and Sand (1979) Heritage (1980) Listen to the Dawn (1980) Groovin' High (1981) Togethering (1985) Sunup to Sundown (1991) Lotus Blossom (1995)
Live albums	A Night at the Vanguard (1959) On View at the Five Spot Cafe (with Art Blakey, 1959) Prime: Live at the Downtown Room (1976) Kenny Burrell Live at the Village Vanguard (1978) Kenny Burrell in New York (1978) A la Carte (1983) Ellington a la Carte (1983) One Night with Blue Note (1985) Generation (1986) Pieces of Blue and the Blues (1986) Guiding Spirit (1989) Then Along Came Kenny (1993)
With Johnny Hodges	Blue Rabbit (and Wild Bill Davis, 1963) Sandy's Gone (1963) Mess of Blues (and Wild Bill Davis, 1964) Blue Notes (1966) Stride Right (and Earl Hines, 1966)
With Milt Jackson	Bags & Flutes (1957) Bean Bags (with Coleman Hawkins, 1958) Soul Meeting (with Ray Charles, 1958) Vibrations (1960–61) Much in Common (with Ray Brown, 1964)
With Jimmy Smith	House Party (1957–58) Softly as a Summer Breeze (1958) Six Views of the Blues (1958) The Sermon (1958) Home Cookin' (1958–59) Back at the Chicken Shack (1960) Midnight Special (1960) Any Number Can Win (1963) Blue Bash! (co-led, 1963) The Cat (1964) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1964) Christmas '64 (1964) Monster (1965) Organ Grinder Swing (1965) Got My Mojo Workin' (1965) Hoochie Coochie Man (1966)
With Stanley Turrentine	Jubilee Shout!!! (1962) Hustlin' (1964) Joyride (1965) Always Something There (1968) The Look of Love (1968) The Sugar Man (1971)
With others	Just Wailin' (Herbie Mann, Charlie Rouse and Mal Waldron, 1957) Little Big Horn (Nat Adderley, 1963) Funky (Gene Ammons, 1957) Jammin' in Hi Fi with Gene Ammons (1957) Bad! Bossa Nova (Gene Ammons, 1962) My Kinda Swing (Ernestine Anderson, 1960) Chet (Chet Baker, 1958–59) Baby Breeze (Chet Baker, 1964) West Side Story Bossa Nova (Bill Barron, 1963) Tony Bennett at Carnegie Hall (Tony Bennett, 1962) Dear Ella (Dee Dee Bridgewater, 1997) Please Please Please (James Brown and The Famous Flames, 1959) Try Me! (James Brown and The Famous Flames, 1959) Motor City Scene (Donald Byrd, 1960) A New Perspective (Donald Byrd, 1963) Up with Donald Byrd (Donald Byrd, 1964) 'Round Midnight (Betty Carter, 1962–63) Whims of Chambers (Paul Chambers, 1956) Bass on Top (Paul Chambers, 1957) Sonny Clark Quintets (Sonny Clark, 1958) Blossom Dearie Sings Comden and Green (Blossom Dearie, 1959) My Gentleman Friend (Blossomn Dearie, 1959) 'Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia (Kenny Dorham, 1956) Quintessence (Bill Evans, 1976) The Individualism of Gil Evans (1964) Ph.D. (Art Farmer, 1989) Beyond the Blue Bird (Tommy Flanagan, 1990) The Cats (Tommy Flanagan, John Coltrane and Idrees Sulieman, 1957) No 'Count (Frank Foster, 1956) Yeah!!! (Aretha Franklin, 1965) Soul '69 (Aretha Franklin, 1968) Red Garland Revisited! (Red Garland, 1957) So Long Blues (Red Garland, 1979) Stepping Out (Red Garland, 1979) Reflections (Stan Getz, 1963) Getz Au Go Go (Stan Getz, 1964) What the World Needs Now: Stan Getz Plays Burt Bacharach and Hal David (Stan Getz, 1968) Take It from Me (Terry Gibbs, 1964) Dee Gee Days: The Savoy Sessions (Dizzy Gillespie, 1951) Cleopatra Feelin' Jazzy (Paul Gonsalves, 1963) Soul (Coleman Hawkins, 1958) The Hawk Relaxes (Coleman Hawkins, 1961) Cool Sax from Hollywood to Broadway (Eddie Harris, 1964) I Just Dropped by to Say Hello (Johnny Hartman, 1963) On the Trail (Jimmy Heath, 1964) Lady Sings the Blues (Billie Holiday, 1956) Loads of Love (Shirley Horn, 1962) Stormy Weather (Lena Horne, 1956–57) Bossa Nova Plus (Willis Jackson, 1962) The Message (Illinois Jacquet, 1963) Desert Winds (Illinois Jacquet, 1964) French Cookin' (Budd Johnson, 1963) Broadway Express (J.J. Johnson, 1965) Hollar! (Etta Jones, 1960–62) Love Shout (Etta Jones, 1962–63) Etta Jones Sings (Etta Jones, 1965) Porgy and Bess (Hank Jones, 1958) Here's Love (Hank Jones, 1963) Ain't Misbehavin' (Hank Jones, 1978) The Birth of a Band! (Quincy Jones, 1959) Quincy Plays for Pussycats (Quincy Jones, 1959–65) Detroit – New York Junction (Thad Jones, 1956) After Hours (Thad Jones, 1957) Piano (Wynton Kelly, 1958) Comin' in the Back Door (Wynton Kelly, 1963) It's All Right! (Wynton Kelly, 1964) Live at the Apollo (B.B. King, 1991) The Blue Yusef Lateef (1968) Laws' Cause (Hubert Laws, 1966–68) Melba Liston and Her 'Bones (1958) I'm Shooting High (Gildo Mahones, 1963) The Great Gildo (Gildo Mahones, 1963) Steppin' Out ("Brother" Jack McDuff, 1961–66) Screamin' ("Brother" Jack McDuff, 1962) Somethin' Slick! ("Brother" Jack McDuff, 1963) The Jazz Version of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" (Gary McFarland, 1961) Soft Samba (Gary McFarland, 1964) The In Sound (Gary McFarland, 1965) The Big Band (Jimmy McGriff, 1966) A Little Juicy (Billy Mitchell, 1963) Fusion! Wes Montgomery with Strings (1963) Sweet Harmony (Maria Muldaur, 1976) Bossa Nova Carnival (Dave Pike, 1962) Interplay for 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors (The Prestige All-Stars, 1957) Soul Samba (Ike Quebec, 1962) Midnight Oil (Jerome Richardson, 1958) Down to Earth (Freddie Roach, 1962) Mo' Greens Please (Freddie Roach, 1963) Alfie (Sonny Rollins, 1966) Bossa Nova Bacchanal (Charlie Rouse, 1962–65) Stable Mates (A.K. Salim, 1957) Once a Thief and Other Themes (Lalo Schifrin, 1965) Sylvia Is! (Sylvia Syms, 1965) Out of the Storm (Ed Thigpen, 1966) Soul Sauce (Cal Tjader, 1964) Warm Wave (Cal Jjader, 1964) What a Diff'rence a Day Makes! (Dinah Washington, 1959) Trombone Four-in-Hand (Dicky Wells, 1959) North, South, East....Wess (Frank Wess, 1956) Uhuru Afrika (Randy Weston, 1960) Soul Surfin' (Kai Winding, 1963) Rainy Day (Kai Winding, 1964–65) More Brass (Kai Winding, 1966) Baby, Baby, Baby (Jimmy Witherspoon, 1963) Blue Spoon (Jimmy Witherspoon, 1964) Suddenly the Blues (Leo Wright, 1962) Soul Talk (Leo Wright, 1963)

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